The New Year atmosphere in Kazan: fairs, master classes, festivals, and film screenings

The new year is coming, and the events taking place in the city are becoming more and more festive.

(KZN.RU, December 14). The new year is coming, the events in Kazan are becoming more and more festive. The city as a whole is also being transformed: garlands are hanging everywhere, Christmas tree markets and atmospheric fairs have already begun to work. This Saturday, you can go to a master class on painting Christmas-tree balls, and on Sunday, to the exciting New Year's EcoFest. The portal KZN.RU tells in the weekly poster how to find New Year's atmosphere and get bright emotions this weekend.

The opening of an inclusive play park for visually impaired children

December 15 at 1 pm

In Kazan, an inclusive play park for visually impaired children will be opened on the territory of the rehabilitation center Yardem (Serova Street, №4a). On an opening day, the volunteers of the project “Christmas Caravan” will give New Year's gifts to the wards of the rehabilitation center, as well as hold educational workshops.

Any child can visit the game park for free.

Master class on the painting of Christmas balls

December 15 at 2 pm and 3 pm

A master class on painting Christmas balls will be held in the eco-center “Dom” in the Gorkinsko-Ometievsky forest. Guests can plunge into the New Year's atmosphere and make gifts to themselves and their loved ones.

The participation is free.

The screening of the collection of short films “Difficult Choice”

December 15 at 7 pm

The first collection of the best short films “Difficult Choice” will be shown in the Kazan House of Actor named after M. Salimzhanov. The program includes dramas and comedy about people who are at a crossroads and stand in front of a difficult choice. The movies became participants and laureates of the largest Russian and international film festivals.

Thus, the Kazan audience will see a half-hour movie of Narkas Iskandarova “Without Rehearsals”, 12-minute “Kofuz” by Irina Bas, 23-minute “Vasya” by Andrey Bushnev, and a 26-minute film by Tatiana Zhukova “Confession of a Misanthropus”.

The Excursion “Be a Lifeguard”

December 15 at 9.45 am

Within the project “Oh, my guide!”, a professional tour “Be a Lifeguard” will take place. Radik Gismyatov, the head of the Crisis Management Center of the Main Department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, will show guests around the building of the Main Department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the RT. He will show the Hall of Glory of the fire-applied sports of the RT, which stores the awards of our athletes since 1958, as well as the sports arena where the team of the RT on fire-applied sports trains.

In addition, it will be possible to see the fire department №3 of the Moskovsly district, where they will talk about the structure of the fire truck and the general plan in emergency situations.

The meeting place is the building of the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the RT. Participation is free by prior registration. To enter the building, you will need to give your personal data.

Days of Hungarian Cinema

December 15 at 12.50 pm and December 16 at 7 pm

Days of Hungarian cinema are held in the Kazan cinema “Mir”. On December 15, at 12.50, the residents and guests of the city will be shown an animated film by Attila Dargai “Fox Vuk”, based on the tale of the same name.

The festival will end on December 16 with the screening of Gabor Erendi's film “Kinchem, my treasure”. At 7 pm, viewers will see an adventure drama about the events of the XIX century and about the opposition of the Hungarian aristocrat and an officer of the Austrian army.

The New Year's “EcoFest”

December 16 at 12 pm

The residence of creative industries “Shtab” will hold the New Year's “EcoFest”. Citizens will be told the main principles how to live ecologically and not to refuse the available benefits of civilization. Bloggers, volunteers, and founders of environmental organizations will share their experience and knowledge at lectures. Listeners will have examples, infographics, and life stories.

Among other things, visitors of the festival will learn how to start separating waste and overcome the first difficulties, where to bring recycled materials, clothes, and other things they don’t use, how to meet the New Year ecologically, what to do with organics in the city. Also, they will learn how to live ecologically if there are children in the house, how our food influences the environment, what a “green” university is and what opportunities there are for students in the field of ecological initiatives, and much more.

You could apply the “waste-free” principles on practical master classes. Eco-artists and volunteers will learn to make Christmas decorations from thing people usually throw in the trash. The children's area will work for kids, so that they too can join the eco-friendly lifestyle through games and the creation of handicrafts.

At all festival sites, there will be riddles of the quest for solving. It is suitable for those who do not like to sit in the classrooms. Participants will learn how to arrange a separate collection at home, in the office or to organize a city-scale eco-event. They will learn the concepts of “ecological mark” and “Zero waste”. The quest will be held in the form of a game with prizes from the festival organizers.

The EcoFest will end with a screening of the movie “The Bears of Kamchatka. Beginning of life”. The film presents rare footage of the first year of life of brown bear cubs from coming out of a den in spring to autumn hibernation. The film crew spent seven months in the reserve in Kamchatka.

In addition, a fair of eco-friendly products and a healthy food marketplace from shops and cafes of the city will work at the EcoFest.

Charity "Fair Good"

December 16 at 1 pm

The school “SOlNTSe” (Kavi Nadzhmi, №18) holds a charity fair to raise funds to help animal shelters. The program includes food court, market and exhibition of student handicrafts, musical accompaniment and game store with 17 board games. The fair will end with a screening of short films about animals “Pet Screen Fest”.

The admission is free.