The international festival of Christian movies and TV programs Magnificat 2013 will be held on 4-5 January 2014 and will feature 17 movies from 10 countries. The Magnificat festival is the review of the works of Belarusian and foreign cinema and TV masters aimed at the evangelization of the society, the support of universal human values of different Christian traditions. The forum was first held in 2005. Last year's edition of the festival featured films from over 16 countries, including Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Canada, Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine. 
      The festival is held under the patronage of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Belarus. It was established by the Roman Catholic association Signis-Belarus, the Stop Kadr studio, the Vitebsk Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church and the Dialogue magazine.