The film “Magtymguly Pyragy”, jointly filmed by filmmakers from the Republic of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, was declared the best feature film of the IV International Film Festival Gorkut ata.

The festival award – the Crane statuette – was received by the director of the film “Magtymguly Fragi” Muzaffarhon Erkinov (Uzbekistan) and People’s Artist of Turkmenistan Chary Berdiyev, who played the role of the poet’s father, Dovletmammed Azadi, in the film.

This film, shot under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, became a unique gift for the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great classic of the East Magtymguly Fragi and is a clear evidence of the expanding Turkmen-Uzbek cooperation in cinematography.

The creation of a joint biographical film by Turkmen and Uzbek filmmakers about Magtymguly Fragi, whose life and work are of lasting significance, is a vivid symbol of the strengthening of the traditional bonds of friendship and brotherhood between our peoples.

The main filming of the movie took place in the historical locations of Bukhara and Khiva in Uzbekistan, where the great poet spent his youth. Thanks to the joint work of scientists from the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, new facts from the life of Magtymguly were discovered during the creation of the film, which were reflected in the plot.

The film is voiced in two languages - Turkmen and Uzbek.