Discoveries from Kazakhstan World Cinema

Film about the process of decolonization in Kazakhstan. Search for visual solutions and film language for the author's statement on this topic.

The film is about rethinking human values and the meaning of life during the coronavirus pandemic. The film is about people who fulfilled their mission despite the danger of the virus. The film is based on the video diaries of the main characters, who recorded their work during quarantine and lockdown.

To be raped at 15 by her sister's husband, to give birth to him at 16. And in order not to be “ashamed”, the sister brings her husband to her, and she lives with her rapist for 12 years. What is it, heroism or fear?

A film about a veteran of the Great Patriotic War Semyon Simonovich Kalinin. He was born on July 12, 1920. From 1939 to 1958 he served in the Soviet Army, went through the war from beginning to end. He was a paratrooper, scout, partisan, then graduated from flight school and became a pilot. Participated in battles near Moscow and Stalingrad. Participant in the 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow. He flew fighter jets and, in peacetime, jet planes. He made an emergency landing several times and survived. They planned to take him to the cosmonaut corps. After the war, he found his destiny, got married and lived with his wife for 53 years. They have four children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. This legendary man passed away quite recently, at the age of 97, but he managed to tell the whole world about his years, lived not in vain.

Zhibek is a young athlete. Her life changes dramatically when CrossFit appears in her. She developed in herself an unshakable fortitude of spirit and the will to win. But more than anything in the world, she wants to be believed in, especially her father.

"With and without a face.Touch" is a monologue film.

"Children.HIV.Society" is the documentary ending of the worst film. The proposed synchrons are an opportunity to show the situation with the ignorance of schoolchildren on the topic of "HIV and AIDS".

Topic: "Labor migration without risks". The film was created with the financial support of UN Women

Alyona is 11 and a half, she has Down syndrome. Despite her illness, the girl is very smart and active, studied for 4 years in a correction class. And when her parents decided to send her to a comprehensive school, they faced problems.

A film about a girl Alina with Down syndrome and Mayra, who adopted her. In the context of Alina's story, the film raises the topic of art therapy for children with disabilities.

There is a teenager in the world who dreams of knowing everything. Enrolls in various courses on drawing and computer games. He looks after his little brother and sister and helps his parents around the house. He also dreams of getting married and becoming a father. He dreams of working and providing for his family. And he has already realized one dream: he created an electric scooter for wheelchair users. And he has another dream of getting out of a wheelchair.

There is a woman who from childhood dreamed of giving birth to healthy children and being a good mother to them. She has become a good mother. And she gave birth to sons. But the youngest was born with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. So her life turned out: she fulfilled her dream, and the test from fate, from God. Her whole life is now devoted to her son with cerebral palsy Georgy-Zhora. The eldest son helps his mother whenever possible. The younger Zhora worries that he has become a burden to the family and is trying to learn self-sufficiency. But it is important for a mother to help her son Zhora. His smile matters. And for her, this is happiness and the fulfillment of her dreams.

Daniyar returns home from his travels, having left after the untimely death of his father only to discover that everyone in town is acting a little odd.

The son and his mother resign themselves to their fate, living the last day on earth before the end of the everything. The film is based on the short story of the same name by Ray Bradbury.

A young talented Ongar is an advertising director who enjoys wealth and honor. His life, however, is empty inside. Not yet married, he falls in love with a married actress Zina. She is not happy with her marriage taking anti-depression pills, but hesitate to get divorced. Her child accidently got aborted due to the side effects of the pills that Ongar was in charge of promotion. Ongar feels guilty and decides to quit his career in spite that everyone is opposed to his resign. He goes to hometown in the countryside seeking for comforts from religion. However, the organized religion system doesn’t help much. Then Zina comes to visit him. Fanatical youngsters in the village doesn’t like them to be together especially when it’s the holy Ramadan period.

The story of the life of three friends who travel from Almaty to Shymkent on behalf of a very influential businessman of the old school. On the way to the south of Kazakhstan, the guys meet new friends, as well as face big problems and an adventure in an unfamiliar city.

Plunging into the memories of his creative path, the artist finds himself inside his favorite works: performances, paintings, photographs from different years. Now he is no longer just their creator, but an inhabitant of this world. The film is an attempt to visualize the artist's journey through his best works, to immerse him inside himself in order to search for genuine human values.

About a boy who played the violin and did not leave the house.

The summer of 1965. VGIK graduate Amen Khaidarov is going home to Alma-Ata. Here, on the train, he has an epiphany — he finds an artistic solution to the prelude of the future film.

A young warrior and his faithful horse defend their homeland from a bloodthirsty enemy.

The main character of the film has a gift, in a dream he is transported to the distant past. Magically, his fate is intertwined with the fates of people currently gathered in one house, he has a premonition of the murders taking place in the house... But will he be able to prevent his terrible fate?

The story of the golden eagle and the falconer.

Being confident in his seduction abilities, the main character Petruchio tries to "tame" and woo the obstinate Catherine. Everything turns out to be not so simple…

Everyone does something nasty in their life. So, scientists sent mushrooms to Mars for certain death, but they returned. In order to get rid of the children, the parents took them to the forest, but they also returned. The battle of the Ogre with children, the adventures of mushrooms and other events taking place in a fabulous rural kingdom.

Autumn of 1945. Paris. Sofia, a German woman who was experimented on for pharmaceutical companies, meets a young man in the lobby of her hotel who may have been her "surgeon". She receives confirmation of her correctness on the same day when he and his companion invite her to spend an evening together...

The life story of the famous wrestler and musician Nurmagambet Baymyrzauly, who became famous among the people under the name Baluan Sholak.He was given the nickname after a fight with a wolf, from which Nurmagambet emerged victorious, but lost several fingers on his hand.

Carla has always been demanding of people. Growing up in a wealthy family, studying abroad, and male attention shaped her inner queen day after day. Her job, parents, friends, and even the man she loved were all meant to serve as proof of her unsurpassability. But one day, Carla will still have to step down from the throne, and the blame for this will be: her best friend, social networks and one little secret.

The film is based on the story of four poachers solving their own life problems by capturing and selling rare animals. The characters in the picture have different characters and destinies, but they are united by one goal – money. One needs money to make his dream come true, the other needs to pay off debts, the third cannot live without gambling, the fourth is ready to do anything to complete the house and pay for his daughter's surgery.

The popularity of a cheap synthetic drug, mephedrone, is growing at an alarming rate in the country. The authors of the film will shed light on new forms of drug trafficking, collect a portrait of the consumer and demonstrate how his image is romanticized in modern media among young people.

The film begins with a tragedy in one family, when a criminal kills his father and mother in front of a child. Further events are developing in our days. Serik's boyfriend graduated and joined the police department. Their task force, investigating a murder, goes out to a gang of gamblers.

A lonely, shy guy wants to start a conversation with anyone in a bar, but, not having the courage to do so, goes to a smoking room, where he meets a girl, one look at whom takes his imagination away.

One night, a thief broke into the house of Kasyrbai, who is considered the richest man in the village, and searches for suspicious people began in the village. The Kul Pasha family, innocently oppressed, finds a way out of this tense situation.

A set of 500*500 pixel boxes analyzes a group of image data produced on a train—a train running between Korea and Kazakhstan. Mostly, the detection process appears to be random. However, despite the incoherency, the boxes can generate an output, a story that can make sense.

A story about a childless family in which they dream of a child.

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.