The main character of the film is the hapless stuntman Janelle, who is unlucky at work and in personal relationships because of her stubbornness and eccentricity, but she is a devoted friend and a real fighter. Janelle has to fly urgently to Sri Lanka, where her father is "sunbathing" in the police for violating the passport regime.
Living in a rented apartment, Syrym and Aizhan decide to arrange a fictitious divorce, using their status as a large family to receive an apartment from the state on preferential terms. At a time when Syrym is worried that none of his acquaintances will find out about their divorce, Aizhan is more worried about how, keeping up with his acquaintances and friends, he would rather buy an apartment.
A story about the work of the Kazakh search party in the Sinyavinsky marshes of the Leningrad region, where divisions formed in the KSSR fought during the blockade. However, neither chronology nor geography matter: 75 years after the end of the Great Patriotic War, it is still going on. Until now, people come from faraway Kazakhstan to fight for a city that should not have been there for a long time.
A realtor, a thief, a collector and a traffic police officer decide to do good deeds when they find out that they are terminally ill.
On the eve of the opening of the exhibition, a unique exhibit disappears from the largest museum in Kazakhstan. The police have only 24 hours to find and return the artifact.
One day, two masked bandits break into Serik's house and take Serik's family members hostage. Serik offers money to get rid of the bandits, but they refuse the money. After all, the bandits did not come for robbery, but with another problem…
Set in the ancient town of Bukhara in Uzbekistan, the film follows a young man Behzod, as he surrenders his carefree youth and takes on the mantle of adulthood. Being locked in a highly patriarchal Muslim society of Bukhara, together with his bride he goes through a traditional wedding ceremony and centuries old initiation rites to finally become a head of the new family. But does this path make those young really happy?
Pakhraddin’s Aul migrated south to escape from the arbitrariness of the Goloshchekin’s government, who took their livestock and it is in trouble in the sands of Turkmenistan. The head of the clan, Biy Pakhraddin, decides to return to the Karakalpak city of Kungrad in order to save people. And people, having left their yurts in the sand, are walking on foot back to an unfamiliar city, where an unknown fate awaits them. Pakhraddin and his wife Syrga, having distributed the last pieces of bread to the children, send them to the city, and they die themselves of hunger in the sand.
Eva Zhigalina became a trailblazer in the world of Kokpar in Kazakhstan – a traditional male game of nomadic peoples. In a traditional society where the participation of women in Kokpar has been prohibited, Eva overcomes social and cultural barriers to pursue her passion for this brutal game.
In relation to colonisation and the post-colonial condition, Apat integrates the filmmaker’s research into extinction and its results: natural disasters, cultural damage and the eradication of memory. Combining found footage with images from Karimi’s family archive, Apat tells of the artist’s personal history—a history that is yet to be reclaimed. Karimi’s search for her own narrative mirrors the journey towards independence and coming-of-age of a people and a region.
A young guy Sapar is forced to graze sheep all summer for stealing chickens. In the pasture, he meets a Kyrgyz girl Aichurek. Together they build a hut where they hide from the weather. And where a beautiful love story begins.
Film animation explores the collaboration between an artist and artificial intelligence during political unrest.
This is a story about a boy who is going through a divorce of his parents.
Azamat, before leaving for the army, wants to buy a car for his father so that he can earn a living on it. There are 10 days left before the army, and he agrees to steal.
The Great Kazakh Steppe, XVII century. Times when myths often turned out to be true. A girl named Inkar is forced to flee after an unsuccessful magical ritual. Now the evil spirits wants to possess Inkar's body and her hereditary gift. On the way she meets two fugitive brothers, with the help of whom she hopes to cross the Great Sea. But will the heroes survive this road?
The film features video footage of the massacre of demonstrators in Zhanaozen on December 16, 2011, supplemented by the author's footage.
With the support of Contemporary Art Norway
The life of Maksat, a charming masseur, changes dramatically after meeting Tursin, the founder of the charisma school. Tursyn becomes a real teacher for the guy in the world of relationships with women, which is where the career of the future Alphonse Fernando begins.
