The "Young Lions of Central Asia 2025" creative industry competition has concluded. This year, 59 teams from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan participated, competing in six categories: Film, Print, Digital, Design, PR, and Media.

Timur Kim's team (Nexus Video Production) and Damir Mubinov's team (Video Production SNOVA) won in the Film category in Uzbekistan. They scored 25.00 points, which allowed them to take first place in Central Asia. In June of this year, the team will represent Uzbekistan in the "Young Lions" global final at the Cannes Lions 2025 International Creativity Festival.

In the Design category, which was held in parallel in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, 14 teams worked on creating a new identity for the Tashkent TAF! Advertising Festival, which this year received international status. The best in Uzbekistan was the team of Alen Zagardinov and Zohir Bozorov (MA'NO Branding). Their work received 28.33 points - the highest result among all competition participants in all categories. They will also represent Uzbekistan at the global final in Cannes.

Samandar Rahmatov and Anasxon Abdulazizov's team (Space Marketing) won silver in the Design category with a score of 26.33, while Mirmuhsin Mirakbarov and Behzod Nazirov's team (605 Agency) won bronze with a score of 25.67.

In Uzbekistan, Mirmuhsin Mirakbarov (605 Agency) and Behzod Nazirov (605 Agency) took third place with 25.67 points.

You can find the other winners from other Central Asian countries via the link.