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By Laman Ismayilova

The Organizing Committee has finalized application admission for the third edition of Baku International Tourism Film Festival (BITFF), scheduled for June 1-4, Trend Life reports.

This year, the Organizing Committee has admitted 78 films out of 420 applications made from 71 countries.

BITFF is an annual non-profit cultural event that takes place in Baku, a global center of historical and cultural heritage, with the organization of the Culture and Tourism Ministry of Azerbaijan.

The key objective of the festival is to promote films on various aspects of tourism, to identify the most successful films that promote domestic and international tourism and to promote their authors.

The festival features several categories, including Country, Region, City, Culture and T radiation, Commercials, Ecotourism and outdoor tourism and TV Reports.

The organizing committee of the Festival and the jury may change the category of the submitted film.

Movies will be evaluated by the international jury consisting of cinematographers, as well as travel and tourism experts.

All films produced by Azerbaijani production companies will compete for Grand Prix of the festival.

In addition to competitive and non-competitive program BITFF will include seminars, discussions and exchange of experience among filmmakers, experts in tourism and the media.

Noteworthy, the first edition of Baku International Tourism Film Festival was held in 20-24 November 2013, at the Nizami Cinema Center. BITFF is the member of the International Committee of Tourism Film Festivals (CIFFT) based in Vienna, Austria.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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