Azat blames his father for not achieving financial success in his youth and drinking a lot. After a quarrel caused by these problems, Azat finds himself in 1994, the year when his parents had just married. As a result, he tries to avoid a repeat of their fate and thinks, by interfering with their wedding, that he has the opportunity to change his life.
The New Year's comedy "Aliens have nothing to do" is a collection of five stories that tell the fate of eight people. According to the storyline, all the stories are intertwined with each other and in the finale they will be united by a common thought about rethinking life values.
A "Romeo & Juliet"-type tale of forbidden loves on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Yershora, a maiden from the Adai clan, instantly falls in love with Zhemal from the neighboring Zhaumit clan. The lover's happiness lasts for one night. When morning comes, Zhemal's clan finds the two together. In the course of clan revenge, Zhemal is subjected to torture and Yershora loses her memory.
Against the backdrop of a conflict between former friends, and now a soldier and a prisoner, events break out that will make them make a difficult choice. This choice changed the history and attitude to true heroism.
Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains. Will Kermek's love of Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them out of the violent clutches of the mafia?
The film is dedicated to the events of the Civil War, the offensive of Denikin and Kolchak's troops on Uralsk, and the defense of the city. Historical facts are presented in it on a significant scale, through the personalities and fates of many characters, with a wide introduction of mass and battle scenes.
Single mother Madina teaches dance by day and works at a burlesque club by night. Fending off men’s advances, she raises a two-year-old daughter. Restrained imagery reflects her emotions.
A group of drunk students kills a person in road accident and disposes the body. The ghost of deceased starts to get revenge.
25-year-old Merey lives a quiet but happy life in Almaty. By chance, she meets the charming Nurlan, who invites her to a birthday party in the mountains. She expects a simple celebration with new friends, but what ensues is an intense and tumultuous night that quickly spirals into a dark game of cat-and-mouse.
Nurlan is an ordinary office worker who is content with his simple life. Everything changes when his sister, who is being pursued by debt collectors, seeks his help. In order to assist her in paying off the debts, Nurlan decides to participate in an underground poker tournament.
A young girl Almagul is studying to be a cinematographer and goes to the front line to find her lover on the battlefield.
Denis Ten made history when he became the first ever Kazakhstani figure skater to win an Olympic medal. Years later, the decorated athlete was murdered in his home country, setting off protests after years of unrest and generating new movements among those who want to challenge the political regime and make them take notice of their citizenry.
The film is about a young man who was born on the day when Kazakhstan gained its long-awaited independence. The guy's memories start from childhood. The events in his personal life are closely intertwined with what the whole country was going through.
In the 1920-30s, 70% of the indigenous population died from the Great Famine created by the Bolsheviks in Kazakhstan. Overcoming the dreadful fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter's family from a Kazakh village in the highlands is trying to stay alive in the midst of the fierce winter and face a moral choice, to die as human beings or to survive at any cost, transgressing the human decency.
The historical tape is dedicated to the outstanding Kazakh poet, fighter for justice, activist of the liberation movement in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the XIX century Makhambet Utemisov.
After many years spent in a Hong Kong prison, the old man returns to his homeland. Did he think that, thanks to a random fellow traveler - a nice guy Igor - he would be drawn into a dangerous intrigue. Now, in order to survive himself and save Igor, he must unravel this ingenious tangle, balancing "on the razor's edge" to force criminals to get entangled in their own networks.
In a remote village on the Kazakh steppe, Mariam lives with her husband and four young children in a home without light or water. One winter day, her husband disappears. Without a body, he cannot be declared dead and Mariam is unable to receive state financial support. A very reserved person who buries her emotions, she must face survival of her family on her own in the harsh, rural winter. Inspired by actual events in Mariam's life, who portrays herself in a film that blurs documentary and drama as it paints her life's mundane details.
A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.
Nauryz is a magic time of year when all the wildest dreams may come true.
X Factor is a television music talent show in Kazakhstan contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is the Kazakh version of the international The X Factor series and is broadcast on the Perviy Kanal Evraziya channel in Kazakhstan.
