Lukashenka’s Award “For Preservation and Development of Spirituality in Cinema” Presented to Shakhnazarov
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Russian film director Karen Shakhnazarov was awarded a Special Prize of Belarusian President “For Preservation and Development of Spirituality in Cinema”.
The award was presented by vice-Prime Minister Anatol Tozik at the opening night of international film festival Listapad–2012 in Minsk.
Karen Shakhnazarov in his address mentioned that he considered himself a “Soviet man” and thus called Belarus “a part of his homeland”.