President Raul Khadjimba received members of the National Union of young filmmakers of Abkhazia

Young directors and writers presented their project for the adaptation of short stories by Mikhail Lakerbay.

Sukhum. June 30. Apsnypress. Dmitry Basariya. President supported the initiative of young filmmakers and has promised to provide financial support to the project.
 
 "I believe that your project is able to cultivate among the Abkhaz youth love for folk literature. A screen adaptation of short stories by Mikhail Lakerbay will be particularly relevant for the moral education of the younger generation. If we like the results, we hope that we will implement more large-scale projects in the field of film industry ", - said the President.
 
 "It is needed to revive the Abkhaz cinema with forces of young professionals. In addition we have a lot of students from Abkhazia who are trained and prepared to become future directors and screenwriters of the Abkhaz cinema. Therefore, our project can become a platform for the realization of their creative potential", - said a member of the National Union of Young Filmmakers of Abkhazia Daut Logua.
 
 According to the young filmmakers, the project on the film adaptation of short stories by Mikhail Lakerbay - is an almanac (cycle) of the five short films in Abkhaz language, united in one film. The average duration of each short story - about 10-15 minutes. The film is dedicated to the year of Mikhail Lakerbay.
 
The meeting was attended by members of the National Union of Young Filmmakers of Abkhazia, directors and writers - Ilona Khvartskiya, Zanda Kakaliya, Daut Logua, Inar Narmaniya, Naala Avidzba and Timur Kvekveskiri.