Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev meets filmmakers and sets new tasks for national cinema

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met representatives of the film industry at the Uzbekfilm studio. The discussion covered results achieved in national cinema, problems awaiting solutions and new directions for developing the sector.

The president said the studio had been fully reconstructed in recent years and that two decrees and eight resolutions supporting the industry had been adopted. State budget funding for film production was 10 billion sums in 2016 and 218 billion sums this year. Total allocations over the past ten years reached 1 trillion 200 billion sums.

He noted that a distribution chain has not yet formed and that the current state order system does not meet modern industry requirements. Instead, a subsidy-based support system will be introduced. The Cinematography Agency will be abolished, and Uzbekfilm will be reorganised as a national film company operating on a business model, with film production moving fully to the private sector.