Grand Opening of NYFA Kazakhstan

Participant and guest registration. General gathering in the marquee area.

Master classes (NYFA Kazakhstan campus)

14:10 – 15:00
Sergey Limonchenko — “Screenwriting for Kazakhstan”
Rob Pietry — “What does a Director Do?”
Kevin Caton — “How to make an AR game”
Todd Bruno — “The Film Actors Toolbox”
Studio Chbic: Denis Veselov — “VFX in Film Production”

15:10 – 15:50
Michael Hsueh — “How to Run a Set”
Roman Lintsevich — “The Unique Genius of Design”
Daniyar Saptabayev — “Kinemat as a National Idea”
Mark Mochabee — “Improvisation: seek to discover rather than invent”
Derek Rein — “The Future of Visual Effects”
By SONY: Saraf Baymoldin — “One Set Up for Commercials and Documentary” (until 16:50)

16:00 – 16:50
By SONY: Saraf Baymoldin — “One Set Up for Commercials and Documentary”
Igor Torgeson — “Montage and the Kuleshov Effect”
Gulzhan Toktomyss — “The Hollywood Standard of Screenwriting”
Kuanish Abdykadyr — “The Actor: From Getting the Script to the Premiere”
Kuanish Beisek — Public talk
Bolat Akshar — “How Games Change Cinema: The Magic of Unreal Engine”

17:00 – 17:50
Lado Kvantila — Public talk
Michael Dylan Rasrick — “Truth in Documentary Storytelling”
Alexander Mekin — “Methods of Using AI in Applied Game Development”

Panel session (NYFA Kazakhstan courtyard).
Topic: CIS MEDIA MARKET TOMORROW: CHALLENGES, FOCUS, COMMUNITY
Moderator: Darkhan Tukelbayev, Head of Dala Edge Creative Tech Park.

Closing (NYFA Kazakhstan courtyard).
Informal session in the cafeteria, photo session, music, Red Bull energy.