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Nikolay Shestak at the Astana AI Film Festival award ceremony.

Video. Latvian filmmaker wins AI film Grand Prix in Kazakhstan

Updated: 06/10/2026 - 10:37 GMT+2

The first Astana AI Film Festival has concluded in Kazakhstan, with Latvian filmmaker Nikolay Shestak taking the Grand Prix. The festival had a total fund of €1.8 million, with half allocated to prize money and the other half to investment in promising AI teams and film production in Kazakhstan.

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