Astana AI Film Festival concludes in Kazakhstan, grand prize goes to Latvia-Xinhua
ASTANA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Astana Artificial Intelligence (AI) Film Festival concluded on Saturday in Kazakhstan, with the grand prize of 450,000 U.S. dollars going to Latvian filmmaker Nikolay Shestak for his film "The First Honest Day," the Kazinform news agency reported Sunday. The second-place award of 200,000 U.S. dollars went to India's "SITARA," while Spain's "Looking For Perseida" took third place and 100,000 dollars. Kazakhstan's Myrzakhan Zhumakhan won the Best Character category for his comedy "It Was Just a Joke," Kazinform said. The Astana AI Film Festival took place in Kazakhstan's capital on Oct. 1-3, attracting 8,067 entries from 125 countries, with only 25 films selected to reach the final, it added. The festival had a total prize and support fund of 2 million do...