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In the endless steppes of Central Asia, little girls are told the story of the Red Flower, which
RED FLOWER blooms on the Bride's white sheet on her wedding night and brings happiness.
Tragicomedy 18-year-old Bigul dreams of love and happiness as in the legend, but she has a SECRET. Bigul Contacts:
Kazakhstan suddenly did the splits in the school gym and damaged her hymen. She won't prove her
virginity. She sleeps with a stranger for money to pay for hemenoplasty surgery and become a Eldar Shibanov
Producer: Yuliya Levitskaya VIRGIN again. On her wedding day, she is STEALED by her groom, who has learned Bigul's [email protected]
Director: Eldar Shibanov secret, saving her from shame and himself from paying for the bride. Brawl. Accident. Bigul
dies, watching the red bloody flower bloom.

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COAL HOUSE Almaz becomes modern symbol of Christ. He carries “one’s cross” - the burden of illness:
Neo noir, crime thriller, fusion disability. Shows concern and tolerance for his unlucky brother, Alibek. His brother, symbolizes Contacts:
Kazakhstan Judas, and betrays Almaz for tempting price. Just like in the biblical story, Alibek repents and
refuses the deal, like how Judas repented of his betrayal and returned 30 pieces of silver. Sergey Bondarev
Producer/Director: Almaz, like Christ, accepts his death, but his heart lives on in another person, symbolizing [email protected]
Sergey Bondarev resurrection.

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Lost in her mother's imposed desires, 27-year-old aspiring artist Sara finds no other option
BIBABO
than to leave the city for the township where her grandmother has recently died. However,
Drama
Sara’s arrival doesn’t turn out welcoming, she is left homeless and her belongings are stolen by Contacts:
Kazakhstan
a local book seller. This incident introduces Sarah to teenage boys from troubled families who
are pilfer coal from passing trains and engaging in hooliganism, with whom Sara makes friends. Darina Manapova
Producer: Diana Ashimova
Sara rediscovers herself by flying a makeshift cardboard plane, stealing a goose and staying [email protected]
Director: Darina Manapova
with the boys in an abandoned building, where she finds a bright wall mural under layers of
old paint.

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Lyrical comedy Three friends – a carefree musician with the gift of telepathy to communicate with a flight
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Kazakhstan attendant on a passing plane, a food delivery guy going through a divorce, and a naïve army
conscript who needs to find a bride before dawn – set out on one last night of adventures that
Zarina Kissikova
Producer: Zarina Kissikova will force them to grow up and settle down.
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Director: Amir Amenov
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ÄKE (FATHER) This is a story of a boy Arman, who for the first time in his life, experiences the situation when
Coming-of-age drama a young fragile soul, out of fear of being punished, betrays a person who is the closest to him. Contacts:
Kazakhstan Tormented by remorse, he seeks forgiveness. While trying to redeem himself, he overcomes
his fears. Alibek Beisekov
Producer/Director: [email protected]
Askhat Kuchinchirekov

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Dana is 17 and she has a big event in her life - she is being proposed. The whole family is
THE SECRET OF GOOD PARENTING
happy, the parents have agreed on the marriage long ago, but Dana unexpectedly for
Social drama
everyone refuses the proposal, telling her mother that she is not a virgin and if this is revealed Contacts:
Kazakhstan
after the wedding - it will be a disgrace for the whole family. The mother, to save the family
from disgrace, takes Dana to another country for a virginity restoration operation. When the Inkar Yesmagambetova
Producer: Anton Rival
operation is already scheduled, Dana runs away and finds her first love, with whom she lost [email protected]
Director: Inkar Yesmagambetova
her virginity. The guy offers Dana to stay free with him, but Dana makes her own choice.

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11 years ago, Mira gave up her daughter and transferred full custody to the father - her ex-
husband, because of her alcohol problems which made her dangerous for her daughter. After
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11 years, several treatment courses, Mira returns to her hometown wanting to mend her
Social drama
relationship with her daughter. The daughter asks Mira to take her away from her strict father, Contacts:
Kazakhstan
but Mira is afraid of the responsibility and refuses. After the meeting, the girl is hit by a car.
She urgently needs a spleen transplant, but her father vetoes the surgery for religious reasons. Inkar Yesmagambetova
Producer: Anton Rival
Mira creates public outcry in the media and goes to court to urgently regain custody and give [email protected]
Director: Inkar Yesmagambetova
permission for the surgery. In court, Mira must prove that she has changed and now the father
is dangerous for the daughter. She has three days, otherwise, the surgery won't help the girl.

Adulthood for the protagonist named Shuak comes when, due to the loss of her father, she
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begins to interact with the real world on her own. A world where freedom of speech is
Melodrama
punished and girls find it difficult to fulfil themselves, a world where "might makes right". She Contacts:
Kazakhstan
is beaten up for a video she made at her school - but she keeps filming, she is denied
admission to university - but she gets enrolled, and when an older man takes her virginity and Rakhimova Kaisha
Producer: Serik Ibraev
immediately leaves her - she smashes his car windscreen with an axe. With the help of dreams [email protected]
Director: Rakhimova Kaisha
about her dead father, the heroine tries to survive in a vast world, and emotional upheavals
show her curiosity and resilience, giving her the strength to live on.
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Mecca (19), atheistic dancer, whose lifestyle has been controlled by her muslim family,
WAJI escapes from home to the country of her favorite dancer to follow her dreams. One day, her
Drama idol announces that he quits from dancing, because his fans mention his name more than the Contacts:
Kazakhstan name of God. Frustrated by his decision Mecca, starts hiding her personality, takes his dance-
nickname (“Waji”) and dances in all battles in revealing clothing but with covered face with Aidana Tuzelbayeva
Producer: Tulpan Berlin LLP hijab. Angry with this disrespect to the religion, real Waji comes back to dance battle just to [email protected]
Director: Aidana Tuzelbayeva find and defeat her.

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MISS With the backdrop of modern Kazakhstan, the story unfolds around Mila who is trying to
Drama navigate a world that doesn’t have any moral marks. All she wants is to emancipate from her
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Kazakhstan emotionally unstable mother and find her own independent path. So, when she encounters
the girls from the experimental swimming school, she gets enchanted very easily. Apart from
Zhannat Alshanova
Producer: Zhannat Alshanova, Jean- the luring opportunity to build a successful sports career bypassing years of training and hard
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Laurent Csinidis, Denis Volta work, the school offers her the structure and attention she was longing for.
Director: Zhannat Alshanova

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Five siblings from the same family, most of whom have already started their own families,
come back to their childhood home to bid farewell to their father before his passing. For over
FEELING
thirty years, nobody has died in this household. As these individuals reside in a society where
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expressing emotions is tough, disputes spark as soon as they reunite. Every difficulty regarding
Kazakhstan
their father's death is resolved through minor altercations. None of them can treat each other
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more warmly. However, a day later, the head of the family departs. The brothers and sisters,
Producer: Yenglik Yegeubayeva [email protected]
who had previously sworn and tried to prove something, are now vulnerable like children once
Director: Askar Yermakhan
more. None of them in life is a person who has failed morally or spiritually. The death of a
family member teaches them to express their feelings once more.

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ALIYA Aliya just graduated from a high school in a small village. She actually saved up to pursue her
Drama dream in Almaty, but never discussed it with her parents being afraid of their reaction. Her Contacts:
Kazakhstan plans are interrupted by a fellow villager who kidnaps her to make his wife. After the wedding
night she escapes his home and starts her own journey. Aigerim Kagarova
Producer: Aigerim Sadbayeva [email protected]
Director: Aigerim Kagarova
13 AN INFINITE POETRY
Art film, musical
Kazakhstan Freezed in time Uyghur traditional life in the remote settlements on the border. Through the Contacts:
rituals of the people in a poetic film form we will follow the life of a person starting from very
Producer: Mika Saruar birth. Yadykar Ibraimov
Director: Yadykar Ibraimov [email protected]

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IN BETWEEN
Social drama After studying and working in France, Sholpan comes back to her motherland, Kazakhstan, Contacts:
Kazakhstan during the first open online court in Kazakh history, where a high-ranking State official
murdered his wife. She returns and grapples with cultural, social, and gender rights differences Alina Mustafina
Producer: Yerkezhan Maksut between the modern world and the traditional Kazakh patriarchal community in her family. [email protected]
Director: Alina Mustafina

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THE POPE’S MESSANGER Tasked by Pope Innocent IV, the influential Franciscan Giovanni da Pian del Carpine embarks
Adventure drama, geopolitical on a mission to the heart of the Mongol Empire to learn whether the Mongols are planning Contacts:
thriller another invasion of Europe. During his journey, Giovanni intervenes in rulers' plots, thereby
Kazakhstan preventing a new Tartar invasion. Akbar Kurmanbayev
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Producer: Akbar Kurmanbayev
Director: TBC

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SOLD Zarina, who saw nothing but rural life, turns 16 years old. Zarina's parents arrange a feast,
Drama calling all relatives and friends, not in honor of her daughter's birthday, but in honor of the Contacts:
Kazakhstan arrival of a father's rich and powerful friend from Tashkent. Thick as thieves, these two are at it
again and start a betting game of chess. However, the game becomes fatal for Zarina, and her Sagyntkan Camila
Producer/Director: life that was already without the right to voice turns into the life of a real hostage of the [email protected]
Sagyntkan Camila situation.

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FOAM
Atonal musical, drama, experimental
Kazakhstan Hundreds of dead swan bodies float on the salt lake in Western Kazakhstan. Young ecology
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graduate Sheker returns to her hometown near the lake, initiating her own detective research
Producer: Natalya Belova that gradually turns her into a local enemy. One day, she discovers herself stolen as a future
Natalya Belova
(Kazakhstan), Anastasia Veber bride, adhering to ancient Kazakh tradition. Only the atonal musical core of nature can save
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(Germany) her, marking the final point of destruction.
Director: Anastasia Veber, Natalya
Belova
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RIDER ON THE HORIZON
War drama, Adventure, Fantasy A young Kazakh rider during the Russian-Japanese war of 1905 gets into a secret squad. Their Contacts:
Kazakhstan task is to destroy the ships of the invincible Japanese fleet, moving on horseback right on the
sea surface. To do this, they master the magical art of the ancient peoples of the Far East. Ilyas Yetekbayev
Producer: Ilyas Yetekbayev [email protected]
Director: Olzhas Bayalbayev

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ACTING CLASSES Vera, 87, ends up in a nursing home against her will. Vera takes the move to heart and hopes
Hybrid documentary to return home. She regularly calls her son. In repeating conversations she’s asking him to take
Kazakhstan her home or at least come visit. Trying to adapt to a new environment, Vera joins a theatre Contacts:
club and lands the main part in an amateur production of “Little Prince”. Through rehearsals
Producer: Sasha Shegai, Yevgeniya and paired readings Vera gains some skills to make her life a little brighter – she learns to act in Sasha Shegai
Moreva given circumstances.As time passes, the hope to return home diminishes. After a year and a [email protected]
Director: Sasha Shegai half Vera finally realizes that she’s in the nursing home forever, and there’s nothing in her life
that she can change. But only in real life. In the film she can play out several endings.

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COCAINE ROAD A French policewoman working at Ofast (anti-narcotics agency) is sent to Kazakhstan. Her task
Crime drama, action is to bring back to France the organizer of cocaine trafficking route. This route stretches from Contacts:
Kazakhstan South America through France and several other countries, including Kazakhstan, to
neighboring China. In Kazakhstan, the criminal uses his local connections and manages to Maxim Akbarov
Producer: Maxim Akbarov escape. She chases him in a country that is completely unknown to her. She succeeds but [email protected]
Director: Maxim Akbarov knows a lot of new things about herself.

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The year is 1955. The unconquered Peak of Victory (7439 m) at that time. Two expeditions -
THE SNOW LEOPARD
the Alma-Ata department of the TurkVO Military Academy and the Uzbek Committee of Contacts:
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Physical Culture and Sports in a competitive spirit begin to storm the peak - one of the highest
Kazakhstan
points of the USSR. The Alma-Ata team, ahead of the opponent, rises to a height of 6930 m, Ilya Dyachenko
but falls under a snow hurricane and finds itself in a helpless position trapped by the elements. [email protected]
Producer: Ilya Dyachenko
12 climbers, faced with a disaster of irresistible force, begin the struggle for survival.
Director: Rasul Setvaldiyev
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BIRDS FLY SOUTH
Drama Birds Fly South depicts the life of an ordinary schoolteacher, silently dedicating half her life to Contacts:
Kazakhstan family. The film explores her fading marriage to a paralyzed husband and the complexities
introduced by his past lover. Themes of self-worth in love, marriage, and existentialism are Aigerim Satybaldy
Producer: Aigerim Satybaldy examined, with Birds Fly South reflecting on societal morality, cultural influences, and the [email protected]
Director: Shugyla Serzhan impact of Central Asian marriage norms on women.
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MAY IT BE A GIRL A young Kazakh girl is given a name that in itself manifests society’s view – men are prioritized.
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Creative documentary Growing up her resistance to this social attitude also grows. The young woman is looking for
Kazakhstan her own identity, which leads her to changing her name. However, the journey of self-
Katerina Suvorova
identification only brings more questions. She begins her own quest to find an answer to a
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Producer: Aruan Anartayev question: What's wrong with being born a girl?
Director: Katerina Suvorova

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LE PARTISAN
Adventure, drama, War Contacts:
Kazakhstan A love story between French film directress Cecilia and Kazakh prisoner of war Ali. They met in
the forests of southern France to become partisans and lead the armed struggle against the Daniyar Ibragimov
Producer/Director: Nazis. [email protected]
Daniyar Ibragimov

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It is based on the events of the life of an outstanding Kazakh athlete and coach - the first
master of sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Shokyr Boltekuly. He is a multifaceted
personality – a person endowed with many talents. He has been an athlete and an artist all his
SHOQYR life. The orphanage where Shokir ended up after the death of his father and mother was
Drama, sport located in the city of Fort Shevchenko, in the place of exile of the Ukrainian poet and artist. As Contacts:
Kazakhstan a teenager, Shokyr often visited the Taras Shevchenko Museum and was greatly impressed by
the sketches and watercolors made by the great poet in exile. His passion for painting led him Ali Beisekov
Producer: Ali Beisekov to the Baku School of Painting. Then boxing suddenly and dangerously burst into painting. [email protected]
Director: Daniyar Ibragimov Flashbacks of his conversations with teenage students during their trip to Moscow will tell
about this and many other highlights of Shokyr's life. The team's road trip and Shokyr's
memories will be the main thread of the film's plot.

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MOTHER TONGUE
Originally from Kazakhstan, Saiya (35) is an international journalist, who has changed different
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countries but is still unable to find her place of belonging. She just started a job at a French Contacts:
Kazakhstan
media company. For the probation assignment, she has to go to Kazakhstan, where she hasn’t
been since she was 5, and write about mysterious sleeping sickness that hit a small town. Her Zhannat Alshanova
Producer: Jean-Laurent Csinidis
investigation takes an unexpected turn and pushes to explore her secret dreams and the [email protected]
(Films de Force Majeure)
darkest side of her personality.
Director: Zhannat Alshanova
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FLUENT The movie will depict age-old shamanic rituals, delving into the depths of subconscious
Social thriller-fantasy imagery. The visual richness of the film seamlessly blends the magical realism inherent in the Contacts:
Kazakhstan healer's extraordinary abilities with the harsh realities of her situation. This creates a visually
captivating line that delves into the intricate balance between personal sacrifice and the Yuliya Kim
Producer: Yuliya Kim pursuit of the greater good. The cinematography is crafted to accentuate the emotional [email protected]
Director: Aisultan Seit journeys of the characters, adding depth and resonance to their experiences.

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This is a mystical drama that explores the essence of relationship between mothers and
MOTHER daughters. The story follows Gulzhamal, a middle-aged woman (51), her overbearing elderly
Drama mother Khafiza (80) and her estranged grown-up daughter Alua (25) in a family drama where
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Kazakhstan they try to resolve an eternal human conflict. As they are stuck and run out of time, an
extraordinary event changes the order of things. They get a unique chance to make amends
Anna Katchko
Producer: Anna Katchko for each other and develop a new bond as they switch their roles. The film explores the
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Director: Sharipa Urazbayeva themes of parenthood, generation gap and choices we make in life. Families don’t get such
chances in an ordinary human life. Every life has its beginning and its ending. But true love has
no time limits.

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Jaysan, a six-year-old boy, moves to a distant village with his estranged grandparents while his
parents are forced into labor migration. Jaysan's mother promises to return for him before the
school year begins. However, when the agreed-upon time arrives, his parents are unable to
come. Initially, Jaysan becomes upset and behaves poorly because he feels let down by his
parents' failure to keep their promise. He struggles to adjust to village life, misses his parents,
JAYSAN
and grapples with a complicated relationship with his strict and controlling grandmother.
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Additionally, he suffers bullying and abuse from a local teenager.
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Despite Jaysan's challenges, it becomes evident that most of the children in their village also
Saltanat Imankulova
have parents who have left to work abroad, and many of them are not well-loved by their
Producer: Saltanat Imankulova [email protected]
relatives. They haven't had it easy like Jaysan. Gradually, Jaysan finds comfort and joy in the
Director: Aisha Sultanbekova [email protected]
company of his funny grandfather, his new friend and classmate Amir (a six-year-old boy), and
their quiet neighbor Jasmin (a fifteen-year-old girl), who bears a strong resemblance to
Jaysan's mother.
However, his newfound happiness is short-lived when his grandfather suffers a stroke, marking
the start of a chain of horrible events. Unable to bear it any longer, Jaysan's emotions reach a
breaking point, leading to a surprising reconciliation with his grandmother, with whom he now
shares the closest bond.
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THE BOY WHO DREAMED OF WINGS The film follows 6-year-old Tair, who adores birds and fairy tales about them. He lives with his
Drama grandmother in a village while his parents work in Russia. Tair's world shifts when his parents Contacts:
Kyrgyzstan return home after the war erupts in Russia, and take him to a new place - a city apartment. For
Tair, they're just Man and Woman, and the new place feels like a gilded cage from the fairy Suiumkan Sulaimanova
Producer: Suiumkan Sulaimanova tales. [email protected]
Director: Tynystan Temirzhan

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OVER THE TOWN Over the town is a love story that celebrates the banality of life. Rahat, who grew up with
Drama grandparents in a poor neighborhood in the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, likes to collect old stuff Contacts:
Kyrgyzstan at the flea market and eavesdrop on strangers. Her boyfriend dreams to migrate to America
for a better life and every year he applies for the green card lottery. Their path arrives at a Tomiris Orozoeva
Producer: Aziza Khalbekova crossroads when Rahat’s grandfather dies and she wins the lottery. Torn between her present [email protected]
Director: Tomiris Orozoeva family and possible future, Rahat is forced to navigate the delicate balance between love,
loyalty, and the pursuit of a new home.

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DREAMS IN THE GRAPE TOWN
Social romantic drama
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Kyrgyzstan 1980 A city in Asia mobilizing soldiers for Afghanistan. Four friends, graduates of a Soviet
school - a Russian, an Asian, a Jew and a Tatar - are hopelessly in love with the fatal beauty of
Nurlan Abdykadyrov
Producer: Nazik Abdykadyr, Kanat the daughter of a KGB officer. Having become friends with her father, the friends unwittingly
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Torebay become informants, dangerous witnesses.
Director: Nurlan Abdykadyrov

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SON-IN-LAW FROM SWITZELAND
Romantic lyrical comedy
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Kyrgyzstan A Swiss whose ancestors emigrated to Europe during the war, arriving at his homeland in
Kyrgyzstan finds the love of his life here. In her village, relatives have many problems. She
Nurlan Abdykadyrov
Producer: Nazik Abdykadyr, Kanat herself is going through difficult times. But after a sea of problems, they get married.
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Torebay
Director: Nurlan Abdykadyrov

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AZHAR During a turbulent era of Central Asian history when the Russian Empire expands its dominion,
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Historical drama Azhar' comfortable life crumbles when her father leaves her alone to join the independence
Altynai Koichumanova
Kyrgyzstan movement. Traped in an unwanted marriage she embarks on a journey towards freedom
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confronting formidable challenges that push her limits and fortitude. "Azhar" chronicles the
Producer: Altynai Koichumanova remarkable trials and triumphs of a woman's quest for liberation amidst the backdrop of
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat historical invasion and personal struggles. The film, based on the novel by famous Kyrgyz
 writer Kasyimaly Bayalinov's "Azhаr," reveals the silenced truths of the 1916 tragedy, shedding
light on the brutal injustice and drawing parallels to contemporary geopolitical tensions,
emphasizing the urgency of remembering for the sake of humanity's future.

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Alors qu’elle ramasse du bois dans le désert, une vieille femme découvre par hasard un verger
THE GARDEN resplendissant. Quand elle raconte sa découverte aux habitants de son village, personne ne la
Fiction croit : c’est que dans le désert, il n’y a pas d’eau. La femme commence alors à penser qu’elle a Contacts:
Tajikistan rêvé ce jardin. 50 ans plus tard le petit-fils de la vieille femme, morte depuis longtemps, se
retrouve par hasard dans le même désert et découvre son jardin. Mais dans ce jardin, en plus Djamshed Usmonov
Producer/ Director: des arbres, des fruits, de l’eau, et de tout ce que grand-mère a vu, il y a aussi des gens - avec [email protected]
Djamshed Usmonov leurs histoires et leur destin.

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A full-length animated documentary about a blind, lonely woman in the village, living alone in
BLEAKNESS
one of the corners of her father's house. She wanted to be happy, to find love, but she was
Animation documentary
deceived by a marriage swindler who takes her to Russia to work, but leaves her for another Contacts:
Tajikistan
woman. She returns home, but her relatives turn away from her out of shame, because a
woman can return to her parents’ home only if her husband died or after a long life together, Lolisanam Ulugova
Producer/Director: Lolisanam
they had no children. She loves children, nature, herself and her body. However, is it possible [email protected]
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for a woman to have feelings for herself?

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TOMMY AND TAMBY
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Animation Children from Europe go to visit their friends in Tajikistan to celebrate the ancient Eastern New
Tajikistan Year – Navruz. During these magical days, miracles happen to them - they are transported
Anna Sobko
through time to the past, where they travel along the Great Silk Road - from ancient China
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Producer: Ismail Zibai through central Asia, Turkey to Venice itself.
Director: Alexey Rumyantsev

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A young woman often dreams of leaving for the ‘afterlife’ with her two children. Her family
A THIRD members successfully devalue her existence, make her suffer, develop a loss of well-being and
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Drama self-confidence. Her husband is also suffering, for a very long time. The lifestyle that was raised
Uzbekistan him today seems to be far from the actuality. He would like to break this chain, but he does
Anvar Safo
not find any strength in himself, so he stays in his bubble. After another dream, She is in
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Producer: Laurent thought about eternity, and the ‘afterlife’. Through reflections, She begins to hear her inner
Director: Anvar Safo voice. She seems to see herself after many years, grown up, strong, and coped.
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LOUD-QUIET-AND LOUD Two days in the life of sisters living with a tyrant father in a residential area of Tashkent, next
Drama to the airport, from where planes take off into the sky every evening. The girls dream of Contacts:
Uzbekistan escaping, the seemingly cozy family hearth is a world of prohibitions, the father is a threat to
the girls’ individuality, he is the patriarchal system itself. The father is like a villain from fairy Sabina Suleymanoglu
Producer: Sabina Suleymanoglu tales, and just like in fairy tales, his death is hidden in an artifact from the past. Very soon the [email protected]
Director: Yana Melnikova sisters will find this artifact, defeat the tyrant and go on a journey through the night Tashkent.

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DZHAN This movie is an adaptation of Andrey Platonov's cult novella Dzhan, written in the 1930s as a
Drama result of the writer's field trips to Central Asia. This piece depicts the story of Nazar
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Uzbekistan Chagatayev, who leads the Dzhan tribe on a journey through the desert in order to find a place
of happiness and prosperity. After going through the dramatic tests and hurdles of the
Furqat Palvan-Zade
Producer / Director: Furqat Palvan- journey, Chagatayev realizes that it is he who needs support and care, not the nomads.
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Zade Together with Aydym, the future of the Dzhan nation, he leaves the desert and comes back to
his life in a metropolitan setting.

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Thirteen-year-old boy Erkin can't come to terms with the death of his father, the last thing that
KARAGER
"connected" his son with his father was a horse "Karager". Erkin's grandfather named Shergazy
Drama
takes the horse "Karager" to the cattle market every time to sell it, which causes his grandson Contacts:
Kyrgyzstan
to protest. After another quarrel, Erkin and Shergazy make a bet: Erkin must win the horse
racing to keep "Karager". Race day is coming. Karagher is the first to cross the finish line and Maksat Lesbekov
Producer: Maksat Lesbekov
falls from a lung rupture. Karager's act of self-sacrifice becomes the key moment of the movie, [email protected]
Director: Adilet Omorov
Erkin not only says goodbye to Karager, Erkin says goodbye and lets go of the image of his
father. Erkin is saying goodbye to his childhood.

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MY DAUGHTERS 35-year-old Zhyrgal gives birth to a 5th girl and her husband kicks her out from the house
Drama because she wasn't able to gift him with a son. Zhyrgal moves from village to Karakol city with Contacts:
Kyrgyzstan her daughters and a newborn girl. There she decides to sue her ex- husband for alimony but
she is faced with a big patriarchal machine. Throughout exhausting fight with the system, she Kanykei Orozoeva
Producer: Shamir Raiapov becomes stronger and wins the case becoming a role model to other women and to her own [email protected]
Director: Kanykei Orozoeva daughters.