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After a serious conflict with the editor of a local newspaper, journalist Temir Ataev began working as a teacher at a boarding school for children of shepherds. The first difficulties did not frighten Temir. Captivated by his new work, Ataev was able to win over the children, who were mostly from disadvantaged families, and restore order in the teaching staff.

Life in a Kyrgyz aul (village) in the mountains connected to the rest of the world by a cable bridge, and the teenage boys who are constructing the rope of the bridge. A rope bridge which the locals call “The devil’s bridge” forms part of each and every event which takes place in a small village lost in the mountains of the Kyrgyz Republic. A platform driven by a huge winch which they have to pull with their own strength to cross the torrent is their only link with the outside world. But the director of the documentary wondered something else: “Does this bridge unite or does it actually separate?” Through the mist and over the thrashing waters, the inhabitants of the area glide along their ropes. A film, in the director’s own words, about ordinary people who live in an extraordinary place.

On a cloudy day a group of passengers set out on a journey to their village. This trip will test their morals, faith, and spirit, while they will try to navigate on a misty road.

The young polygraph maintenance specialist firmly believes that technology will replace humanity. When distrust of the woman he loves creeps into his heart, he decides to test her on a lie detector.

Teenager Mukai spends most of the year in a remote Kyrgyz village with his grandmother while his parents work in a secluded mountain area. At thirteen, he is considered an adult by local standards. Mukai helps adults with logging, visits his father in the mountains, takes his grandmother to Lake Issyk-Kul where she first met Mukai's grandfather, herds horses to the dock, and interacts with city visitors at the lake.

Last Lesson is about social problems of high school students: school racketeering, relationships with parents, education, positive and negative role models.

The Great Silk Road is the name for a mountain trade route now identifiable only by train tracks; it is on these tracks that our film finds four children at play, not far from their Kirghizstan village. A train meanders down the mountain and, following an argument, an artist is unceremoniously thrown-off a carriage and (so) eventually encounters the children.

The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul, known as the most skilled carpet weaver in the valleys, spent years practising this craft in solitude. That was until Kadyr the horse herder entered her life, sparking a long-overdue romance that ultimately ended in a wordless farewell – leaving only an unfinished carpet behind. Years later, when the black, red and yellow patterned carpet was unfurled at his funeral, memories slowly unfolded in her heart like woven threads.

35-year-old former prosecutor Ilyas goes to his native village, where the residents have a secret. In a mysterious gorge there are multi-ton stones that look very much like flying saucers. They are part of an ancient civilization that scientists have not yet reached. In those places, Ilyas saw the family of Shirin, his first love. Memories of the trials they were unable to overcome surface.

Episodic portrait of the absurdities of Kyrgyz village life in the summer.

In a remote Kyrgyz village where gold mining and poaching rule, an investigator begins to see inherited visions that reveal a dark connection between a poaching king, a murdered girl, and a deadly conspiracy surrounding an abandoned gold mine.

Four stories with different characters. There is only one thing in common: Boshetunmai.

Two brothers live in a small village. The elder brother finds it difficult to go out. The only person caring for him is the younger brother, who goes to the center of the village every day in search of a part-time job. Seeing each other is the main thing in the lives of the two brothers.

In 1957, Chinghiz Aitmatov, a young Kyrgyz student from the Moscow Literature Institute, destined to become one of the great writers of our time, arrives at a Kyrgyz village to receive the blessing of Sayakbay Karalayev, the famous narrator of the epic poem Manas. Looking back upon his life, Sayakbay recalls a number of historical events which took place throughout Kyrgyz and Soviet history.

This time, Asanov and Koichubekov are going to Talas for a wedding. To shorten the journey, they chose to go through Kazakhstan. But as soon as they enter Kazakhstan, problems begin. Of course, it's all for Sapar.

At the age of 77, Ernst Akramov is a living legend of medicine in Kyrgyzstan. He devoted 56 years of his existence to surgery. A real priesthood for which he sacrificed his private life. Where others would have chosen fame and money, Akramov feeds on the recovery of his patients. He chose to live in a small room in his hospital to give them his full attention. But what hides the loneliness of this man devoted to the human cause?

A kid, a lamb and a baby camel make friends and bravely set out on a journey to catch up with their herds.