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What is important, the winter setting of this year’s festival did not deprive the event of its distinctive hot and family atmosphere that pleases and inspires the filmmakers from all over the world. The unique atmosphere and the fact, that the festival is one of the biggest in the region, draws the attention of artists from all continents. It is proved by the number of contests entries submitted this year. There were almost 2000 of them, more precisely – 1928, which is the biggest number in the festival’s history. The entries were submitted by the filmmakers from such countries as Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, , Algeria, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bashkortostan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, U.S.A., Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and, obviously, Poland !
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