In the run-up to the opening of the festival, there was a press conference with the organizers and the jury of the forum. The participants were greeted by Valery Malashko, Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee, Andrei Kuntsevich, head of the main division for ideology, culture and youth affairs at the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee, and Andrei Novikov, Director of the Mogilev Oblast Drama Theater.