On November 18 a closed premiere of «NAME ME», directed by Nigina Sayfullaeva, was held at the OKTYABR cinema.
The picture was presented by general producer Igor Tolstunov, producer Sergei Kornikhin, director Nigina Sayfullaeva, actors Konstantin Lavronenko, Alexandra Bortich, Marina Vasilyeva, Anna Kotova and Kirill Kaganovich.
Those who came to watch the film and congratulate its creators on the premiere included: Maria Shalaeva, Pyotr Buslov, Valeria Gai Germanika, Anna Chipovskaya, Pyotr Fyodorov, Lyubov Novikova, Natalia Lesnikovskaya, Igor Ugolnikov, Elena Shevchenko, Vasily Sigarev, Rostislav Khait, Leonid Barats, Sitora Alieva, Nikita Kukushkin, Mikhail Shirvindt and many others.
Even before its release, Nigina Sayfullaeva's feature debut had drawn the attention of the professional audience at many international and Russian film festivals. The picture received the Kinotavr prize «For Light Breathing and Artistic Integrity», the Grand Prix of the «Baltic Debuts» and «Nachalo» festivals, the best directing prize at the «KINO» festival in Geneva, and took part in the New Directors competition programme at the San Sebastián festival.
«Name Me» will be released on November 27.