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At one of the zonal concerts of the Festival held in Zainsk in mid-October of this year, it became known that the Festival received the status of intangible cultural heritage of Russia.

“The festival was created for professional and friendly communication between working youth and deserves wide spreading in the country”, said Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO and Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This year, more than 160 teams and individual performers entered the Festival. The qualifying rounds of the Festival are held from October to November 2019 and comprises four zonal qualifying rounds in the cities of Almetyevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Zainsk, and Kazan, a Super Finals and a Gala Concert in Kazan. The Gala Concert will be held on November 16 at the Pyramid Cultural and Entertainment Centre where the Grand Prix holders and Festival winners will be announced.

The “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth has been held in Tatarstan since 2013. The project invites young people aged 18 to 35 that work in republic’s enterprises and organisations to express themselves in a creative way – in music, choreography, and art of declamation. The Festival is a socially significant governmental project that has no commercial purposes.

The organisers of the 7th Annual Open Republic’s TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” decided to extend the application deadlines: now one can apply for participation until October 1, 2019.

The Festival provides a unique opportunity for working youth aged 18 to 35 to express themselves in a creative way – in music, choreography, and art of declamation.

More information about the event, the conditions of participation, as well as how to apply, can be found at the websites of the Festival and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan (in Russian).

The applications to take part in the 7th Annual Open Republic’s TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” are closing on September 25, 2019.

The Festival was created with the support of the Tatarstan President in 2013. Its founders are the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Education and Science of Tatarstan, Tatmedia Republic’s Agency for Press and Mass Communications, the Council of Municipalities in Tatarstan, the Youth Union of Tatarstan’s Enterprises and Organisations, the Tatarstan Association of Enterprises and Industrialists, and the Tatarstan Federation of Trade Unions.

The main mission of the event is forming a new generation of workforce, popularising blue-collar and white-collar jobs, and uncovering the creative potential of young professionals.

The project helps young people aged 18 to 35 that work in enterprises and organisations of the republic to express themselves in a creative way – in music, choreography, and art of declamation.

The level of the “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” participants is growing every year, giving the event the status of a republic’s cultural brand. The Festival is televised: all gala concerts are recorded and broadcasted on the TNV channel.