TV BRICS film "Gold" opens the BRICS Documentary Film Festival in Brazil

The annual BRICS Documentary Film Festival held at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA) in Brazil was opened by the TV BRICS documentary film "Gold" (2022).

Editor-in-chief of TV BRICS International Network Ksenia Komissarova is the author of the film. The film was directed by Andrey Porshnyak.

The special project tells how the precious metal is mined, how much effort it takes to get one ingot, and why industrialists need a bear repellent.

Fabio Borges, organiser of the event and lecturer at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), explained the aims of the event.

"The Research Centre of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), together with the Asia Studies Coordination CEASIA (Coordenadoria de Estudos de Ásia) and the BRICS Observatory Research Centre of the Federal University of Latin American Integration (Observatório dos BRICS da UNILA) held the IV BRICS Film Festival on 4 and 5 December. The programme consisted of a series of discussions on topics addressed in the films of the BRICS member countries. The aim of the festivals is to get to know better the culture of each member country, which will contribute to strengthening international co-operation in the world"

Fabio Borges Lecturer at the Federal University of Latin American Integration

Polina Minaeva, manager of international projects noted that TV BRICS annually takes part in the festival.

"It has already become our tradition. It is pleasant that for the first time TV BRICS films open the festival. It shows the high quality and uniqueness of our works. With the help of the films we can introduce foreign viewers to culture, traditions, technology and life in Russia. All this really arouses genuine interest among the public and the festival organisers, and I am very glad that we have a unique opportunity to tell about it"

Polina Minaeva Manager of international projects of TV BRICS

Last year, on the opening day of the festival, the audience was presented with the film "More Precious than Gold" – about a gold deposit in Khabarovsk Krai. The documentary film won the All-Russian contest of mass media, Internet resources and bloggers in the field of renewable energy "TextVIE".

In addition, in October, the TV BRICS film won "The Energy of the Pen" international media competition in “The best piece on energy from BRICS and SCO countries” category. It was also screened at the V International Festival of Innovative Cinema in Bangalore, the X Zero Plus International Film Festival, and the Open Documentary Film Festival "Rossiya". The film had its international premiere in South Africa.