On August 29, 2026, KAZAN's first family animation festival, "TUGAN FEST," will take place in YELMAI Park. It's a celebration of imagination, creativity, native language, and cultural heritage, supported by the YARKO animation studio.
"TUGAN FEST" will bring together children, parents, creative teams, animators, artists, athletes, bloggers, and experts in contemporary animation. Festival guests will be able to explore the world of cartoons and even become part of it: they'll create their own animations, bring their drawings to life with artificial intelligence, participate in sports challenges, and take memorable photos in themed areas.
Festival Philosophy
"Tugan Fest" is a festival where imagination is born.
It's a place where ideas come to life, native stories become animated, and imagination inspires new creations. The festival promotes the Tatar language through modern animation, introduces guests to cultural heritage through new animated images, and creates a space where every family becomes a part of the creative process.
Festival Mission
The mission of TUGAN FEST is to awaken the courage to dream, imagine, and create, inspiring children and adults through animation and a love for their native language, culture, and family values.
The festival demonstrates that native languages, fairy tales, heroes, and traditions can be modern, vibrant, and accessible to a new generation—through cartoons, music, sports, interactive technologies, cinema, and festival culture.
The festival's protagonist is Tugan Batyr.
Tugan Batyr occupies a special place in the festival's concept—the image of the main hero and defender of the human ability to imagine, dream boldly, and bring ideas to life.
Tugan Batyr—Native Hero—is an animated film and an international brand born from a love of history, fairy tales, and children. The project is based on the idea that every nation has its heroes, and they deserve to be known throughout the world.
"Tugan Batyr" instills living traditions in youth culture through music, sports, fashion, festivals, and film. After all, when children know where they come from, they better understand where they're going.
Radik Mukharlyamovich Abdrakhmanov, founder of the "Tugan Batyr" project and the "TUGAN FEST" festival, and his team invite all guests to the festival on August 29, 2026:
"Keep the light of fairy tales that taught you good and evil. Cherish the language in which you first heard these stories. Let the light of childhood illuminate your path—and your favorite heroes will always be by your side."