Cultural programme
Go to excursionsCultural and entertainment events included in the programme International Russia — Islamic World Economic Forum: "KazanForum 2025"
Date
14 May 2025
Time
18:30
Address
Korston, 1A N. Ershova st., Kazan
Available languages:
Russian, English
Modest Fashion Day* Shows of decent Fashion
Korston Club Hotel
Admission via invitation for Premium Members
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian audio-guide in English
Exhibition “The First. Timed to the 200th Anniversary of Kayyum Nasiri”
“Kazan Kremlin” Museum-Reserve “Hermitage-Kazan” Exhibition Centre
The Exhibition presents the Tatar enlightener as a multi-faceted personality and a pioneer in various spheres of social life, scientific knowledge, and culture. He was an avid collector of folklore, creator of the first Tatar media, founder and teacher of the first Russian-Tatar school, translator, author of textbooks and first books for children’s reading.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
English and Russian labelling
Photo exhibition “Kazan Editions of the Quran”
“Kazan Kremlin” Museum-Reserve Museum of Islamic Culture Gallery of the Kul Sharif Mosque
Kazan is the city of the first printed Quran in the Islamic world. The photo exhibition is designed to introduce the phenomenon of the Quran of Kazan edition, the history of its printing, typography, typological and stylistic diversity, the names of people associated with the circulation of the Holy Book of the Muslims, from 1803 to the present day.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
24 April 2025-15 August 2025
Available languages:
Russian
Exhibition “Eternal Light of Our Memory”
Kazan City Hall.
The exhibition draws from the archives of the Kazan Museum Complex and is dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
free admission
Date
30 April 2025 – 12 June 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition “The Land of Tartary: Cartography of Image”
“Island-town of Sviyazhsk” State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, Sviyazhsk, Exhibition Hall of the Art Gallery
The exhibition features a collection of rare engraved maps of the XVI – XVIII centuries (from the archives of the “Island-town of Sviyazhsk” State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve), showcasing the development of cultural ideas and scientific knowledge about the East of Eurasia from Western European scientists, travellers, and cartographers.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian and English labelling
Exhibition of Kazan calligraphy “The Universe of Arabic Writing”
“Kazan Kremlin” Museum-Reserve, Complex of Public offices, entrance 4
The Exhibition introduces the works of famous masters from the Republic of Tatarstan: Vladimir Popov, Nadjip Naqqash, Rishat Salyakhutdinov, Gulnaz Ismagilova. Tughras, calligraphic compositions, shamaili, and tezhips will be presented to the public. The goal of the Exhibition is to display regional peculiarities within Islamic art, as well as to pass on the calligraphic experience and skills so as to preserve and develop one of the most important components of the Tatars’ centuries-old heritage.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian and English labelling
Exhibition by Hikmet Barutçugil, Master of Ebru Art (paper marbling)
“Kazan Kremlin” Museum-Reserve Gallery of the Kul Sharif Mosque
Hikmet Barutçugil is a legend of Islamic art, who reintroduced and exalted Ebru –– the Turkish technique of water painting. The Exhibition will feature more than 30 works of the acclaimed craftsman.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
13-19 May 2025
Available languages:
English and Russian labelling
Exhibition of Iraqi calligraphers
“Kazan Kremlin” Museum-ReserveMuseum of Islamic Culture.
The exhibition of calligraphy masters from Iraq will introduce the viewers to the modern creative process reigning in this Middle Eastern country. The Exhibition will include master classes by the renowned calligrapher Rasul Hamza Nasser Al-Zarkani.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar, English
Immersive tour “Meet Tatarstan!”
“National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan” State-Financed Cultural Institution
Immersive tour “Meet Tatarstan!” is a dramatised guided tour, which allows the visitors to immerse into the historical periods of the region, as reflected in the exposition of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan. The history of the region will become a vivid narration against the background of authentic museum pieces. Museum staff, dressed in historical costumes, will tell about the most important events and unique exhibits related to the milestones in the history of Volga Bulgaria, the Golden Horde, the Kazan Khanate, as well as the activities of Tatar distinguished luminaries: Şihabetdin Märcani, Kayyum Nasyri, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, and others.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition “Shamail Art 2025"
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, National Art Gallery "Khazine"
“Shamail Art” is an exhibition uniting the works of artists who create using the themes of Arabic calligraphy and Islamic art.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition of works of Russian fine arts of the XVI - XIX centuries
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, main building
The Exhibition features portraits of historical figures, family portraits, genre compositions, and different types of landscape. Pieces of decorative and applied arts are presented in the showcases: domestic porcelain, glass, and metal.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition of Western European painting of the XVI–XVIII centuries
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, main building
The “picture gallery” of Andrey Likhachyov (1832-1890) forms the basis of the Museum’s collection of Western European paintings. These are works by masters from Holland, Flanders, Italy, and France. There were interesting additions of paintings to the Museum’s collection in the 1930s, courtesy of the State Museum of Fine Arts. The showcases hold porcelain of famous European brands of the XVIII -XIX centuries.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Marc Chagall (PS Gallery, St Petersburg)
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, main building
The project “Three Epochs of Marc Chagall” is a retrospective of the key moments in Chagall’s work. The exposition includes four blocks, two of which are atmospheric bright lithographs, and the other two are black-and-white, emotionally intense etchings.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar English
Exposition of Baki Urmanche’s works
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, National Art Gallery "Khazine"
The exhibition of works by Baki Urmanche, the founder of Tatar professional fine arts. The collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan has the most significant assemblage of the master’s works, which reflects all the main stages of his creative journey.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar, English
Exposition of Nicolai Fechin’s works
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, National Art Gallery "Khazine"
The exhibition of works by Nicolai Fechin, great Russian-American artist. The Exposition presents works created during the master’s life in Kazan, from the Museum’s collection. The gem of the collection is his portrait gallery and canvases devoted to scenes of everyday life of the peoples of Kazan province, in which ethnic charm is closely intertwined with the bold experiments of European art of the turn of the XIX and XX centuries.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-18 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Photo exhibition of Artyom Mokhov’s works dedicated to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 “Faces of Victory”
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution, Gallery of Modern Art
Artyom Mokhov is a member of the Union of Photographers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The exposition is devoted to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War: natives of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Exhibition is based on the author’s project: photo-book “The Last Hero”
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Visit to the Kazan Art School named after Nicolai Fechin with a visit to the School of Creative Industries
Kazan Art School (named after Nicolai Fechin)
A unique architectural monument of federal importance of the early XX century; the School graduates are representatives of the Russian avant-garde scene: Nicolai Fechin, Alexander Rodchenko, David Burliuk; a modern educational institution. The restored educational building is the historical part of the School. It was built in 1904 by the architect Karl Müffke. The construction was supervised by the Imperial Academy of Arts and was set as a reference building for fine arts classes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Visit to the main building of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan
National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan State-Financed Cultural Institution
Guided tours around the renovated building of the Library, introducing the history of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan and what the cultural institution has become in the renovated location, and showing modern arrangements of the Library: reading and exhibition halls, art installation in the foyer, views from the terrace of the building to the embankment of the Kazanka River, etc.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
English, Arabic, French, Turkish audio-guides in Arabic, English, Chinese, and Tatar
Visit to the territory of the Kazan Kremlin State Historical and Architectural museum-reserve
“Kazan Kremlin” State Historical and Architectural museum-reserve
The Kazan Kremlin, the only preserved Tatar white stone fortress in Russia, serves as the northernmost point of spread of Islamic culture in the world. Here you can see the main cathedral mosque Kul Sharif, one of the largest mosques in Russia; the central cathedral of the Republic of Tatarstan, created by the architects of the main cathedral of Moscow in the distant XVI century; as well as the famous falling Söyembikä Tower, which is among the 10 eminent falling towers of the world. The tour, led by an accredited guide, covers Kazan’s 1000-year history, the main stages of construction of the defensive fortifications on Kazan Hill, and the world-famous unique architectural objects of the Kremlin, recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian
Visit to the territory of the State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve “Island-town of Sviyazhsk”
“Island-town of Sviyazhsk” State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve
The island-town of Sviyazhsk is a historical and cultural gem of the Republic of Tatarstan. The ancient fortress was built in the distant Middle Ages during the reign of Ivan the Terrible and served as a military outpost in the Volga region, as well as a place of rest and preparation of military units for a campaign against the impregnable fortress of Kazan. The island-town of Sviyazhsk is famous for its history and the beauty of natural and town-planning landscape. You can visit the following unique monasteries on the island: Assumption-Bogoroditsky and of John the Baptist, with the oldest church in Tatarstan.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
11-19 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar, English
Visit to the territory of the Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve State-Financed Cultural Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan
Visit to the Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve Bolgar ancient settlement. Tour of all sites preserved on the territory of the ancient settlement: the Cathedral Mosque, the Eastern and Northern Mausoleums, the Khan’s Tomb, the Small Minaret, the Black Chamber, the White Chamber, the Khan’s Bath, the Khan’s Palace. Visit to the Memorial Sign built in honour of the official adoption of Islam by Volga Bulgaria in 922, where the largest Quran in the world is kept. The Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2014.
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
14-16 May 2025
Address
1 Vystavochnaya Street, Bolshiye Kabany
International Tournament of Young Chefs of Islamic Countries – 2025
Kazan Expo IEC, Cluster С
KazanForum 2025 International Chefs’ Cup will see the most outstanding international chefs, who turn cooking culture into an art using their skills and advantageous techniques. See more: ycichefs.com
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15 May 2025
Available languages:
Russian, English
Official Reception from the Forum Organising Committee
Kazan Expo IEC, Shakirov Hall
An official welcome reception with the participation of Masters of the Arts representing the diversity of Russian cultures and the hospitality of the Republic of Tatarstan.
admission via invitation
Date
13-18 May 2025
Kazan Halal Market International Trade Fair
Kazan Agro-Industrial Park
Kazan Halal Market is an international trade fair. It is open for the sale of food, makeup and beauty products, clothing, merchandise, accessories, and household goods. The main condition for participation is that the products have a Halal quality certificate. Participation in Halal Market is an opportunity to become a part of the big world of Halal LifeStyle, where brands and visitors come together. It is both a family-orientated marketplace and a good shopping experience.
free admission
Date
14-17 May 2025
Address
“Molodaya Gvardia” Camp, 154, Gorkovskoye highway
The “Cup of the East” Children`s Football Tournament.
“Molodaya Gvardia” Camp
The tournament will be attended by children of club teams from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc. Matches will be played in 7 on 7 format during the day. Participation of 8-10 teams is expected. In addition, the finals of the School Phygital League of students of the Republic of Tatarstan will take place as well.
admission via invitation and Forum Accreditation
Date
16 May 2025
Time
10:00–12:00
Address
“Molodaya Gvardia” Camp, 154, Gorkovskoye highway
Football Gala Match with young diplomats and stars FC “Rubin”
“Molodaya Gvardia” Camp, 154, Gorkovskoye highway
Within the Forum`s framework it is planned to hold a friendly match among young diplomats/representatives of Embassies on the territory of the Russian Federation, the stars of FC Rubin and representatives of the Tatarstan government.
admission via invitation and Forum Accreditation
Date
18 May 2025
Festival “Izge Bolgar Zhyeni” dedicated to the Day of the official adoption of Islam by Volga Bulgaria
Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve State-Financed Cultural Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan
The Festival has been held in Bolgar since 1989 to commemorate the day the Volga Bulgarians adopted Islam as the state religion in 922 and the meeting of the Bulgarian Khan Almush with a delegation of the Baghdad Caliph led by the scholar Ibn Fadlan.
free entry
Date
13 May 2025
Time
19:00
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“The Dancing Demon”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre, Great Hall
Sayar Ramiev, a dancer obsessed with his art, arrives in his hometown after a long absence. He meets his long-time love, gets acquainted with a new generation of choreographers, and realises important truths about himself. The deep intentions of the play’s authors are encapsulated in the elegant form of a musical comedy with plenty of dance numbers.
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
13 May 2025
Time
18:30
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“Crazy Nikah”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy TheatreComedy.
Once upon a time, two friends, Azvat and Sadri, decided to become kin. They made a vow to each other: “If one has a daughter and the other has a son: we'll marry them!” But, unfortunately, both had sons. Thus, the agreement lost its meaning. Before his death (he was convinced that he would leave this world in 3 days!) Azvat remembered his long-standing vow and declared that this custom would be passed on to his grandchildren. If his last wish is not fulfilled, the family will face misfortune. In the end, for the sake of the grandfather, the family decides to arrange a fake nikah and kidnap the groom.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
13 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Uncle’s Dream”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov An ordinary story in two acts
A play based on the story by the great Russian writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky. This is a story about how the first lady of the provincial town of Mordasov tried to marry off her daughter to a Knyaz (Russian for Prince, or Duke) who happened to be in their house. An ordinary story, taking place throughout just one day. One day in the life of the town, in the life of the Knyaz, Maria Alexandrovna, her beautiful daughter Zina… A day, the end of which could in no way have been predicted by its beginning. One day like the whole life, balancing laughter and tears, greed and sacrifice, love and manipulation, birth and death.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
14 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“The Government Inspector”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Comedy in two acts
Written in 1836, the play has not left the theatre for two centuries, remaining one of the most significant phenomena of Russian dramaturgy. The comedy about the officials of a district town, who took a young penniless hustler as a Government Inspector, still sounds like a modern story about the inevitable need for a man to answer for what he has done, a conversation about the soul, about the country, about life.
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
14 May 2025
Time
18:30
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“I Love You and That’s All!”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre
Musical comedy
Gulia and Roman, who have not yet learnt true love, burst into the measured life of the village of Yagodnaya Polyana, where only two houses still stand. Youthful passion, foolishness, ridiculous offences between the young stir the soul of old Fail. And so, he “writes” a new script to save the love that was hanging by a thread. The events that take place remind each character of forgotten feelings, mistakes of youth, and betrayals. But most importantly, they call up upon them to respect and love each other. The play is accompanied by songs, dances, jokes, and quips inherent to the Tatar people, all the while reminding the audience of the important Tatar rituals and history, which today got thrown to the wind. Except that love cannot be rid of that easily. Love should be experienced today, no reasons needed: forget all complications, just feel from the bottom of the heart.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
14 May 2025
Time
19:00
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar, English
“Irene and Her Three Admirers”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre, Great Hall
Disappointed with his older daughters who raise their children without fathers, Gergeri finds a wise solution: to give away his youngest daughter according to folk customs. The contenders for the hand of the beautiful Urina: the hard-working Vaska – the Hippopotamus, the narcissistic womaniser Zhagrap – the Owl, and the shy Mikush must send matchmakers to the bride’s house and endure strength and song contests to reveal the worthiest groom.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Flight”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Phantasmagoria in two acts
This is a phantasmagoria play, where, in a striking waltz, tragedy merges with farce, reality with mystical visions, the absurdity of circumstances with the sincerity of feelings, love with longing for the homeland.
Written in 1928 but never staged during the author’s lifetime, the play “Flight” still remains a reflection on the people, their choices dictated by time, the fate of the country and the love for the humankind, for the origins, for the motherland.
Duration: 3 hours
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15 May 2025
Time
18:30
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“One Step Closer to a Dream”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre
Fantasy
The quote “May the lights lit by us never go out...” by Karim Tinchurin became the leitmotif of the whole play “One Step Closer to a Dream”, which takes place in 1921. A Tatar theatre troupe, led by Karim Tinchurin, arrive in Orenburg after graduating from theatre courses in Samara. However, their dreams and plans for establishing the Tatar theatre may collapse: famine strikes the Volga region and typhus begins to spread. To save the actors and the future of the Tatar theatre, the director decides to go with the troupe to Tashkent. On the way there, Karim Tinchurin writes a play called “One Step Closer to a Dream” and stages it right in their train car. The director’s goal is to distract the actors from the hard road, hunger, and illness, and not to let them lose heart. “Dreams drive people. The stage inspires an actor... I can save the troupe only with a new production, I can keep them engaged only through rehearsals,” says Karim Tinchurin to Zagida, his wife. In this way the director is trying to save not only the spirit and bodies of the actors, but also the Tatar theatre that is just beginning to take shape. Based on real events.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15 May 2025
Time
19:00
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar, English
“Shoes”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre
Comedy
Place: Kazan... Time: The beginning of the XX century and the present day... People celebrate Sabantuy... A masterfully written comic incident (featuring rather dramatic consequences for some participants of the intrigue), based on the disappearance of a pair of gold embroidered women’s shoes, became a wonderful reason to compose a play where laughter is king, and the pictures of life (depicted in bombastic plot twists) are reflected as through a mirror of a witty dramatic provocation.
All the while the marvellous music of a classic of Tatar composer’s art interpreted by the theatre orchestra, including the elegant music parts performed by the true thespians (which adds new flavours to the classical arias) give the actions on stage that shade of romance and freedom of creative perception –– a must-have for all love stories.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
16 May 2025
Time
19:00
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“The Blue Shawl”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre
Melodrama
The play, written by Karim Tinchurin, has a poetic cipher that encodes the eternally young and eternally beautiful images of the male and female national ideals, the rebellious, freedom-loving spirit of the people, and the love for the native land that unites the Tatars of all Russian regions.
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
16 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Hamlet”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Tragedy in two acts
The great tragedy of the genius of world drama, staged by Alexander Slavutsky, is a conversation about, first and foremost, the tragedy of a man endowed with conscience, endowed with power, on whom “the life of many others depends”; about the complexity of moral choice and the necessity of answering this eternal question, “to be or not to be”, “to transgress or not to transgress”; it is a reflection on life and death, before which all are equal, and on the brevity of our stay on Earth.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
16 May 2025
Time
18:30
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“The Loved Ones”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre
Melodrama.
“The Loved Ones” is a real-life story based on a Tatar village in the 1950-70s, as recorded verbatim by Ilgiz Zainiev, the director, after his grandmother. The prototypes of the characters are also real people with their own personalities, destinies, and feelings. The intertwining of fates, the clash of characters, love and hate – all of this is reflected in the new play. In addition, it also demonstrates the strength of the Tatar woman: her fortitude and resilience. Seeing this play, everyone can recognise the features of their loved ones who lived in the harsh post-war time, and who maybe are still alive today. Our life consists of global events, big scientific discoveries. However, the life of most people consists of small, domestic scenes: means to feed a child, ways to heat the stove, basic needs for security. These concerns occupy 90% of our everyday existence, our daily routine. “The Loved Ones” is a play about how to spend these 90% of our life with no regrets.
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
for a fee/ admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
17 May 2025
Time
19:00
Available languages:
Russian, Tatar, English
Date
17 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“The Golden Elephant”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Comedy in two acts
Though written in 1932, this dazzling, intrinsic folk comedy about how a collective farmer Guryan Mochalkin found a golden elephant and decided to fly to America by airship and become a bourgeois Cooper very much pertains to us, and ends with a Chekhovian touch of belief in a better life, the dream of “heaven shining like a jewel”, and happiness in the native land.
Funny and sad, true and fantastic, this is a play about the country in which we lived, live, and will live for a long time to come; about the people who were, are, and will be.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
18 May 2025
Time
17:00
“Ashina”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy TheatreMystical drama
According to Turkic legends, Ashina is a she-wolf, the saviour of the clan. The play “Ashina” is dedicated to the history of land flooding during the construction of the hydroelectric power station. The events in the play take place in the 1950s on a small island of the Kama River. The relations between the characters of the play are quite complicated. Love and nobility of some oppose the corruption and envy of others. Which of them will prevail?
A person is not born with an inherent moral code; everyone, akin to a sculpter, moulds themselves in the course of their lives, gaining freedom in decision-making process. Moral choice, according to existentialists, depends solely on the person themselves, and that person alone is responsible for it. For many, this dilemma proves to be a test on the edge of human capabilities.
This is a true director’s play. It is metaphorical, plastic, mystical, and at the same time, acutely relevant. The lives of the drama’s characters are closely intertwined with the legend of the she-wolf.
for a fee/ admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
18 May 2025
Time
18:00
“Glumov”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. KachalovModern story in two acts
The play by the great Russian playwright is as topical as a newspaper satire. A modern story on the timeless theme “how to go up in the world”. Egor Dmitritch Glumov, an ambitious young man, uses his great abilities to achieve a prominent position in society, having chosen the only way possible for this purpose: compromising with his own conscience. This is a witty story about a “hero of our time” who is playing with other people’s lives and his own soul.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutesfor a fee/ admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
18 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“Dark Years. Muhajirun”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre Great Hall
Drama.
The new theatre project from the Galiasgar Kamal Theatre, based on texts important for Tatar culture, will present the Tatar world of the turn of the 19-20th centuries, experiencing historical upheavals associated with the famine that swept the Volga region in the 1880s and the first general census of the Russian Empire in 1897. The authors of the performance will try to find meeting points between the century-old text and today’s man, who, just as centuries ago, seeks, waits, and strives to be happy.
Duration: 3 hours 40 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15-18 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
English, Arabic
“Ibn Fadlan” documentary and feature film
New Building of Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre (Cinema Hall) or “Mir” Movie Theatre
2022
Director: Ainaz Mukhametzyanov
In 921, an embassy on a religious mission, headed by Ibn Fadlan, ventured from Baghdad to the land of Bulgars. The film depicts Fadlan’s observations on the route of the embassy, which passed through different countries, peoples and cultures. Its journey, which lasted almost a year, was full of hardships, obstacles, and dangers. It is with the embassy’s arrival in 922 that the Volga Bulgaria accepted Islam as official religion.
Duration: 100 minutes Available languages: English, Arabicadmission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15-18 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian with English subtitles
“In the Arms of the Tree” feature film (Iran)
Mir Movie Theatre
Drama (dir. by Babak Lotfi Khajehpasha) 2023. The life crisis of Kimia and Farid, who have been married for twelve years, destroys the world of their children. Children who know nothing but kindness in life.
Duration: 88 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
Date
15-18 May 2025
Time
18:00
Available languages:
Russian with Arabic subtitles
“Halima” feature film (Russia)
Mir Movie Theatre
Drama (dir. by Yulia Zakharova) 2017
An elite school in Kazan is buzzing with the news: one of the students can win a grant for an internship at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
While waiting for the arrival of the Representative of the Russian Federation to the Council, no one notices a new student enrolled in the eleventh grade. The main character, Halima, sticks out like a sore thumb at school as she does not fall in with modern teenagers, which leads to a series of dramatic events.
Duration: 54 minutes
admission via Forum Accreditation
