Populär Vun Kazakhstan

A 1993 Russian language documentary directed by Vladimir Tyulkin, starring Rasha Adan.

The young years of Kultegin (also known as Kul Tigin), a prominent military leader of the Turkic Khaganate who united numerous nomadic ethnic groups under one flag and carried on the traditions of the great nomadic empire.

Lida Blinova is well-known in the scene of the first contemporary art wave, particularly amongst architects who were very much engaged in arts in 1970s Almaty. However, almost no legacy of her art practices is left for researchers, historians and following generations of today. Being in many senses a shadow-artist of a bigger star, her husband Rustam Khalfin, directors of the documentary are questioning the possibility of the freedom of choice among Kazakhstani women artists like Lida Blinova, embarking on a biographical journey through the genealogy of contemporary art and its formation in Kazakhstan. So, the fundamental question is whether Lida Blinova was a shadow artist or an alter ego?

The story begins with a casting for the film in which the main characters -Sarah and Magzhan - take part. In the orphanage, where hundreds of abandoned and lonely children are brought up, the film director approves Magzhan to play the leading role. The relationship between the main characters Sarah and Magzhan develop in the process of filming. Magzhan hopes that Sarah will adopt him after filming. Sara is torn between the choices she has to make. She wants to adopt Magzhan because she has grown to love him with all her heart. He awoke an extraordinary sense of motherhood in her. A few months after filming Sarah hurries to the orphanage to Magzhan…

Luka has a disturbing dream in his sleep. He tries to tell his girlfriend Tina about it, but Tina herself is completely immersed in her thoughts about the breakup. Her decision is tragic for both of them.

A class of schoolchildren, sometime in the future, go on a virtual tour of the 1930s to learn about the famine that caused the death of millions at that time. One of the boys finds himself more drawn into the tale than he would have expected. The film blends actual history with a touching time-defying friendship in the vein of Tom’s Midnight Garden.

How should we remember catastrophic events? And what remains in people’s memory when their stories are silenced? All the Dreams We Dream is a hand-drawn animation based on the memories of those who endured famine in Qazaqstan in the 1930s. Based on two memoirs retold by poet Gafu Kairbekov, it seeks to explore questions of empathy and fear, asking how stories of violence and pain should be recounted in the modern age.

A dramatic comedy about a pathological liar from Kazakhstan.

13-year-old Batyr wants to spend more time with his grandmother, but she's dead. He encounters pressure about the wrong act when the cattleman comes to them with milk.

Scandalous ruinous article is about to be published by a journalist. Main protagonist Anuar and his gang are hired to kill the journalist. The night ours story takes place Anuar witnesses a family scene between the journalist and his son, morally torn Anuar has to make a difficult choice whether to commit a murder on a person who has a son and a wife, just like him.

A story of two brothers living in a village with different ambitions, views and fortunes, trying to raise money for their mother.

"Abai Bol" (translates to "Beware" or "Be Careful") is a 2026 Kazakhstani drama/comedy film directed by Abdusaid Shaikhislamuly and starring Muratulla Zhumabek, Anuar Shymkent, and Zhanbolat Nayzabekov.

Galiya, whose personal life did not work out, spent several years in South Korea, from where she regularly sent money to Kazakhstan to build her own house. When she returns to her native village for the housewarming, the woman reunites with her two brothers, sister, brother-in-law, and other relatives, who by that time have already grown accustomed to living in the new house and have no intention of leaving it. Even her unfaithful ex-husband shows up, trying by all means to win Galiya’s forgiveness. Because of the valuable property, disputes arise among family members, jealousy flares up, and old grievances resurface.

Adil finds out about the session of a certain man who solves any life problems. He signs up with him, trying to find out the truth of his brother's death, but he meets with a cruel reality.

Between tradition and modernity, a young couple from the Kazakh minority get married. Alina and Qwandik, a young Kazakh couple, are returning to their hometown, Aksay, a small town located in Gansu Province of China with approximately 3,000 Kazakh people, to take one of the most important steps in their lives: marriage. Having lived for a long time in a modern city in inland China, this is an opportunity to reimmerse themselves in the customs and traditions of their community and culture.