DUSHANBE, May 21, Asia-Plus  - The movie “Happiness” by young Tajik filmmaker Alisher Khoushvakhtov has been recognized the best in the “Student Film” category in the Third Central Asian Youth Film Festival, Tvorchesky Polyot (Creative Flight), that was held in Tashkent and Bukhara, Uzbekistan on May 12-18, Safar Haqdodov, the director of the limited liability company Kinoservice, said in an interview with Asia-Plus. 

Three movies from Tajikistan – “Flower”, “Melody” and “Happiness” – were shown during the festival.  These movies were shot by young gifted Tajik filmmakers Zulfiya Sodiqova (“Flower”), Nargis Mamadbekova (“Melody”) and Alisher Khoushvakhtov (“Happiness”). 

In all, 35 movies from the Central Asian countries and other CIS states were shown in the third Creative Flight in Tashkent, Haqdodov said. 

 We will recall that in the second Creative Flight, Tajikistan had been represented by “Ovora” (Rover) by Daler Rahmatov and “Utro” (Morning) by Denis Beketov, and “Ovora” won the festival’s grand prize.