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Arman, Arsen, and Askhat have been competing with each other since childhood—over everything from toys to their parents' attention. Over time, nothing has changed. Every year, when they return to their hometown to celebrate their father Duman’s birthday, they resume their rivalry, boasting about their achievements and trying to one-up each other. Askhat sincerely hopes that this time will be different, and even promises his wife Saule that he won’t react to his brothers’ jabs. However, his hopes are dashed when Arman and Arsen drag him into yet another battle for the title of “Best Son.”

The film tells the love story of a successful Sabine and a Kazakh language teacher Arman, who is expecting the birth of his son with his fiancee. Language lessons for Sabina become lessons of love that she must understand.

The five–year-old hero of the film, a city boy Kenzhe, finds himself in the village with his grandparents, while his father is sorting out trying to establish his business. Here are the key moments of Kenje's growing up, full of vivid impressions.

An eight year old boy has no mother and misses very much a female presence in his life. When a young nurse comes to take care of his ill father, the boy falls in love with her.

After his release from prison, Kairat immediately rushes to find a way to save his sick mother. The doctors' diagnosis turns out to be ruthless: in order to save his mother's life, he needs to get expensive medical equipment from China and medicines worth a million dollars.

The documentary is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Opinion Prize winner, writer, screenwriter and film director Sadul-Satybaldy Narymbetov. His name is occupied by writing the golden fund of Kazakh cinema, and his works are considered a classic national cinema.

Akkyz (The White Girl) is a modern retelling of an ancient Kazakh legend about the creation of the world from the eggs of the Sacred White Swan. Nine-year old Aruzhan lives in harmony with nature on a deserted island, together with her mother and brother.

A woman, exhausted by the question "When will you have a baby?", finally manages to get pregnant after four years of marriage, and the whole family eagerly awaits the long-awaited child. However, it soon turns out that there was a mistake, and she is still not pregnant.

During the summer holidays, parents send a twelve-year-old boy Kambar to his grandparents. The days of fun adventures are coming – getting to know Samal and other peers – swimming in the river, baked potatoes by the night fire, scary stories under the starry sky… One night, the wolf attacks the cat and takes with him the kid that Samal was caring for. Kambar decides to kill the wolf. And when the adults leave for the wedding, he goes hunting with Samal.

A young woman lives in a big weird and empty city. There is no other humans, no noise from the streets and no sounds of nature. The only one who shares her loneliness is her little daughter. They do everything together, draw, play and read fairy tales every night. But their perfect world drastically changes when they notice someone else’s presence.

Based on oriental fairy tales.Three masters -a woodcarver, a tailor and a jeweler -performed a miracle: they created a girl from an ordinary log, who came to life from their art.

"Three brothers live in a small village somewhere in Kazakhstan. Nearby is the small station, where an elderly man, who has had the nickname Klein since he was in a concentration camp in the Second World War, rules the roost. ... The children ask inquisitively about the nature of his activities, as nothing seems to happen. He tells them that he supplies a local military base with material. Klein starts telling them different stories, for instance about the beautiful lake where the officers spend their spare time and where life is as beautiful as the women. The picture he sketches of this lake is so attractive to the three brothers and their friends that they resolve to go there. They know from the old man that it will cost money, because life is dear. Tri brata is not a children's film, but a fairy-tale about today's world with its military aircraft on one side and an elderly man with his railway material on the other." - IFFR

Zhansaya and Moldir are abysynki (Kazakhs call each other wives of their brothers). They live in the same house and get along well with each other. They are united by a common enemy — a tyrant mother-in-law. But when Zhansaya thinks about moving out with her husband to live separately, Moldir develops the same plan. Accidentally hearing that the mother-in-law will release the worst kelin, and keep the good one with her, a battle begins between the girls.

Victor and Nadezhda are husband and wife. She is an ordinary budget employee, he is a wheelchair-bound invalid. They are orphans and vegetate in this life, in which they have long become ordinary extras, hostages of their own illusions, driven into a dead end...

A Man of great talent. Misunderstood and censored genius. Loving caring father. Lonely fighter for freedom. Eagle of High Mountains. Lucky, but Ill-fated Poet, whom we never knew. Mukagali Makataev became recognized only after his death in 1976. Nowadays he is named as legendary poet of Kazakh literature.

The city of Semey is expecting a visit from the president, and local patrolmen are trying to get into his escort motorcade. But the boss, given their reputation, assigns elite police officers Dima and Renat to this task. Despite this, the guys do not intend to give up and miss the opportunity to accompany the country's top official.

A teenager runs away from home in search of himself and encounters a mysterious old man.

Life in Karatas Village runs along an untroubled path, until its patriarchal way of life is challenged by Ulbolsyn, a woman whose coldblooded heart and blazing temperament are not afraid of setting everything on fire.