The Magnificat-2011 film festival will be held in September in Minsk and Glubokoye

February 24, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. The VII Festival of Christian Films and TV Programs Magnificat-2011 will be held in September, BelTA was informed by the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) of Belarus. The Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus decided that the film forum will take place on September 6-10 in Minsk and Glubokoye. As noted by one of the festival organizers, Yuri Gorulev, last year's experience showed that moving the dates from summer to autumn and opening in Minsk yielded positive results. It is recalled that in 2010, 15 countries participated in Magnificat: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Australia, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Germany, Georgia, India, Canada, USA. The films were evaluated by an international jury, which included representatives of the clergy, cultural and art figures. Magnificat is a kind of review of works by Belarusian and foreign masters in the field of cinema and television, which are aimed at preaching evangelical ideals and supporting universal human values. The goal of the festival is to evaluate Belarusian and foreign films and TV programs, and to preserve the universal human values that are preached by various Christian traditions. Throughout the film forum, over 270 creative works have been presented. Not only Catholic, but also Orthodox and Protestant authors participate in the festival. Moreover, the films are dedicated to both purely religious and secular themes. The founders of the international Catholic festival of films and TV programs Magnificat are the Catholic Association for Communication "Signis - Belarus", the Vitebsk Diocese of the RCC, the editorial office of the magazine "Dialog", and the "Stop-frame" studio. -0-