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.
Kazakh has an old tradition that every Kazakh boy over the age of five has to be circumcised in autumn. This traditional ceremony has a symbolic meaning that a boy is about to become a man. This story is about a young Kazakh boy who comes to his grandfather’s house in the grassland of pastoral areas with his family, and goes through the traditional circumcision ceremony. During the process, he becomes fearful after discovering it is a medical surgery. Although he tries to run away from it, he eventually goes through the ceremony. With the physiological changes, his character and thoughts change and he is on his path to adulthood…
The film is based on a little-known story that happened in 1972. Then a ferry carrying fifteen boarding students sank in the Ili River. Three drowned. But twelve were saved-thanks to the young driver of the state farm Bisetai Daurenbekov… This film is about saved children. More precisely, already adults. About how their fates turned out. Some still live on the banks of the Ili - they will tell about themselves, about others, and about Bisetai.
Documentary about monumental art in Kazakhstan, produced by the Central State Archive for Film, Photo, and Audiorecordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan
A story of two brothers living in a village with different ambitions, views and fortunes, trying to raise money for their mother.
Marat is single, lives alone and works as a security guard. He lives his lonely life according to a never changing boring daily routine. Then, one day, something unusual happens. Marat sees a girl standing in the street near his house. The next day she reappears. The girl is called Mariyam and when she accidentally enters Marat’s life, his nights are turned into adventures.
