The Italian embassy in Astana promoted a series of film screenings between 17 and 24 May 2018 as part of “Fare Cinema 2018 – Week of Italian cinema in the world”. “Non c’è più religione”, the comedy by director Luca Miniero, starring Angela Finocchiaro, Alessandro Gassman and Claudio Bisio, was shown to the public in Astana, Almaty and Shymkent in Kazakhstan and Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan to great acclaim.
In conjunction with the “Space Days” exhibition in Astana from 17-19 May 2018, and coinciding with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Kazakh Space Agency, KazCosmos, with support by Thales Alenia Space, on 23 May 2018, a preview of the documentary film “Expedition” was shown with director Alessandra Bonavina present. The event was sponsored by the Italian Space Agency and dedicated to astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s mission on the International Space Station between July and December 2017.