Lyubimova spoke about foreign guests of the children's cultural forum

MOSCOW, August 5 Talented children aged 12 to 17 years from China, Brazil and Syria plan to come to the III International Cultural Forum, said Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova.
The III International Children's Cultural Forum will be held at the Moscow Palace of Pioneers from August 22 to 24.

«The Children's Cultural Forum will open in the newly renovated Moscow Palace of Pioneers on Vorobyovy Gory on August 22. This year, more than two thousand talented children aged 12 to 17 from 89 regions (of the Russian Federation — ed.) will come to us, some of them will be our guests from abroad. We are waiting for our little friends from India, Egypt, Serbia, Belarus, Abkhazia, South Ossetia. Children from Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Brazil, Transnistria, Syria and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Libya are planning to participate,» the head of the department said at a press conference.

According to her, the forum will feature more than 60 events, including master classes, dialogues with prominent cultural figures, lectures, seminars, and a rich excursion program.

«I really want the kids to have a good rest and find new friends, and, of course, for the program to include some elements of education and additional training,» noted Lyubimova.
She added that the following cultural figures will act as curators of the forum in six creative areas: Sergei Bezrukov and Edgard Zapashny — «Theater and Circus», Yegor Druzhinin — «Choreography», Dmitry Bak — «Literature and Journalism», Elena Pronicheva — «Museums and Fine Arts», Gavriil Gordeyev — «Cinema and Animation», Olga Khomova — «Music».

The minister emphasized that the forum participants will hear about the heroism of Russian soldiers firsthand, and will also write letters and film video messages to those soldiers who «are now heroically defending our homeland».

In addition, the forum will traditionally host the final of the «Children's Initiatives Competition» in the field of culture and art development. The finalists will present their original projects and receive feedback. The winner will receive financial support from the Russian Ministry of Culture.

«Also among the special formats of the forum I would like to mention the hackathon «Digitalization in Culture». Its participants will have to be creative on the topic of how cultural institutions can change in the future with the help of digital technologies,» concluded Lyubimova.
The project has been organized by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Federal State Budgetary Cultural Institution Rosconcert since 2022.