Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan took first place in terms of the number of awards at the 32nd Golden Knight International Film Forum, which was held in Grozny.

About 20 countries participated in the film festival. Students of the Tashkent branch of VGIK presented 4 films in the competition program of the film forum:

debut works, short films and feature films.

The films "Man", "Walking into the Mirage" and "Scotch" were awarded special prizes, and the film "Scotch" was also awarded a bronze diploma as the best debut film.

Chairman of the jury, president of the Nika film academy Andrey Konchalovsky: "This success speaks of a new wave of Uzbek cinema."