Kazakhfilm to introduce permanent tickets for national films for socially disadvantaged groups of population
17:04, 25 January 2010
ASTANA. January 25. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Kazakhfilm plans to introduce permanent tickets for national films for socially vulnerable groups of population, President of Kazakhfilm JSC Yermek Amnashayev has said it at the enlarged meeting of the board of the Ministry of Culture and Information in Astana today.
"We propose to introduce permanent tickets for the national films since 2011. Due to this about 100, 000 school students and university students from socially disadvantaged families will be able to watch up to 10 domestic films per year", Y. Amanshayev said.
According to him, introduction of such tickets will contribute to development of domestic film industry too.
"At present we are discussing this issue together with Timur Bekmambetov. The project is estimated in USD 4 mln", he added.