Kazakhstan's Shal to vie for Nika awards

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan nominates The Old Man (Shal) for the best picture of the CIS and the Baltics States of the Nika Awards, Kazakhfilm JSC said.

The Nika Award is the main annual national film award in Russia, held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow by Yuli Gusman. Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory. Accordingly, the prize is modelled after the sculpture of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The 27th award ceremony will take place on April 1, 2014.