Populär Vun Kazakhstan

After her father's untimely death, Saltanat is forced to trade her idyllic countryside life for the cruel city. She has to find money to pay off the large family debt that her father left behind, in order to save her mother from jail. Friends since their village childhood, her loyal, but penniless admirer Kuandyk follows her just to make sure his sweetheart is safe. Saltanat's uncle introduces her to a possible groom, who promises to pay off her family's debts. But Saltanat's hopes are dashed, when she discovers that the men in this city don't keep their word. When Kuandyk tries to help Saltanat get the money through other ways, he ends up finding himself in more trouble than he bargained for. Although life keeps dealing them bad hands, Saltanat and Kuandyk never give up, no matter what the odds.

The story of a daughter-in-law whose relationship with her mother-in-law reaches its boiling point. The main character, who for many years endured not only the sharp remarks of her husband's mother, but also the frequent belittling of her status, decides to file for divorce. But one fine morning, something changes.

The sons see their father for the last time. In a couple of years, a funeral and the Order of the Red Star will come to a small village. There are genuine tears in the eyes of the audience. After the war, the brothers Madi and Sagi leave to study in a big city. Life is going happily: the elder marries a young ballerina, becomes a famous journalist. But one day he goes to betrayal. The connection between the brothers is cut off forever. And only in his declining years, Madi goes in search of relatives.

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.

The 30-year-old Iskander is a food-photographer who, due to his own indecision, experiences a crisis both in his work and in his sexual relation with his colleague and beloved Laura. He wants to change his situation by completing a promising project for a popular fast food chain. Because of a «red level of terrorist threat» in the city, while he’s working he ends up locked in a fast food with a random customer, Anat. The two have sex, then Iskander backs out, but Anat finds a way to get satisfaction. She teaches him not to be afraid of mistakes. Iskander gains self-confidence and shows his courage in his job and in sex with Laura, who finally gives him her respect and love.

Asel is an ambitious employee of the special services. She gives herself completely to work, leaving her personal life somewhere in the background. The girl gets a new very difficult case. Information is coming that an illegal sale of synthetic drugs is to take place in Almaty. Asel's task: using her attractiveness, establish contact with a member of the organized criminal group and find out from him who the buyer is. Information is received that one of the gang members should come to a meeting in a cafe. However, she takes an ordinary guy Erlan for a bandit, who is very unlucky in life, especially in relationships with girls. Asel's interest is very flattering to him. Without thinking twice, Yerlan and his brother steal the beauty and take her to the village. Realizing that everyone perceives her as Kelin, she continues the operation. A city girl who saw cows only on TV is now forced to farm and monitor the suspicious family of Erlan, who is preparing for the wedding…

The film tells the story of a street thug Atbai, who decides to take part in MMA tournament, where the winners are already decided. But Atbai is going to win, because for him this victory is a chance to start a new life: to return to big sports and to get his beloved woman back.

The story of a Chinese-trained opera singer living in a remote Kazakh village with her grandmother and her ailing young niece. The bulk of the action consists of the steadfast heroine trying to make enough money to get the rare and costly medicine that may save her niece's life. What makes the film so thrilling is that this elemental situation allows the director and his cast of non-actors to illuminate the details of everyday life: reality and fiction dissolve into each other, and the audience achieves a heightened awareness of simple activities like the cooking of a meal, teaching a child to count in Chinese and English, visits to the doctor or the marketplace. Entirely improvised by the filmmaker and his actors.

The love story of a Mongolian shooter and a Kazakh girl, the daughter of the governor Zakira, develops against the background of historical events of the time of Genghis Khan.

A way station is lost in the boundless Kazakh steppe. A wayfarer lives in a small house with his daughter Saule.

Three years have passed since the trip to India. Alain, Makpal, Yerkosh and Kazhet leave Jomart. Alain and Makpal show good results in the IT field, Bakdaulet opens a hostel in the foothills, Yerkosh goes into pop MMA. During this period, Jomart has a "midlife crisis".

Horned Friends Set Out to Rescue Their Missing Owner. A comedic animated short about bravery and ingenuity.

Karasai's parent Altynai prepares his son for subsequent participation in battles from an early age, teaching the boy various martial arts and skills. The boy willingly listens to his father's recommendations, and already in childhood he confidently uses a whip and a sword. When Karasai turns into an adult youth, a period of famine sets in, from which the relatives of the young man suffer. The guy leads the herds of his fellow tribesmen to fertile arable land, and soon aggressive Dzungars attack the lands of his people.

According to legend, several "asyks" exist in the world, each linked to great historical figures: Genghis Khan, Tutankhamun, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Napoleon, and Van Gogh. Whoever gathers all of these artifacts will be granted a wish that will be fulfilled instantly. On the eve of the Generations Cup in "asyk", a fierce rivalry ignites between the young world champions and the veteran players — the first national champions — for possession of the Great Asyks. The captain of the elder team comes from a family that has safeguarded part of these precious artifacts, while the remaining "asyks" are in the hands of the owner of the young champions’ team. At stake are not only the fates of many people, but also love and personal ambition.

Sergey Dvortsevoy makes his international debut with this astonishingly intimate portrait of a nomadic family on the Kazakh plains. Several scenes in this slow, elegant film betray a certain dry humor -- a child devouring the last of a bowl of yogurt and then crying; a cow getting its head stuck in a pail; and a woman singing to herself, accompanied by her snoring husband. Other scenes capture the nomads' hardscrabble lives -- drunken herdsmen in the grips of existential despair, growling dogs, and a camel enduring a rather grim septum piercing. By the end of the film, the family pulls up stakes and herds its sundry four-legged beasts -- camels, cattle, goats, dogs, and horses -- to a more fertile plain. This film was screened at the 1999 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.

All Kazakh wedding ceremonies have been banned. No weddings or anniversaries. But some people continue to organize them. A department has been created to combat celebrations, which catches and punishes artists.

Akzhol has just left the orphanage. Ensuring his survival through petty theft, he sets out to find his father. He then learns that he has a brother, Dalen, who was lucky enough to be adopted by wealthy parents.

Anel dreams of going to Dubai. But in order for her dream to come true, and she headed the company's office in the UAE, there is one condition: the status of a married woman. Only in this case, she will receive a career promotion and a coveted position. The assistant Arman helps to solve the situation, who becomes a newly-made groom for everyone. Will everyone succeed in realizing what they want, or will fate decide otherwise?

In the mid-1920s, Salimsak, an ordinary Kazakh from the steppe, was disliked by his wife for degrading the family by playing the female role in a play against polygamy. He unintentionally uttered the word "Talaq" during an argument, and according to local religious tradition, if a husband says "Talaq" to his wife three times in a row, it means he is divorced. While Salimsak, who has never thought of leaving his wife, prays for a solution, his wife, under the influence of the popular slogan of "women's liberation", is thinking of divorce. ......... The collapse of Salimsak's small traditional family in the current of the times is a metaphor for the collapse of director Daniyah's family. The metaphor of the collapse epitomizes the core of the films of the director Daniyar Salamat, who has been writing in Kazakh since his debut and believes that cinema has a great significance in social education, and that the spirit of the nation cannot be restored without the progress of cinema.

Two brothers and their little sister are thrown out of their flat because they haven't paid the rent. The orphans pack up their few possessions and go out to the country, where the family owns a small plot of land. The children set up camp, knowing they have to fend for themselves. But this solution is insecure, too: they are told, in no uncertain terms, that all plots will shortly pass to the state unless at least the foundations of a house have been laid. The threesome get down to work, making night-time visits to neighboring sites to 'borrow' tools and materials, then building by day. But no sooner are the foundation walls complete than an unsympathetic policeman ad...