Discoveries from Uzbekistan World Cinema

In the 14th-century, as the Silk Road crumbles and rival factions tear the land apart, fearless warrior Timur emerges from exile. Stripped of everything, he fights to unite the fractured kingdoms, using strategy and sheer will to carve an empire from chaos. Undefeated in battle and widely regarded as one of history’s greatest military leaders and tacticians, not to mention one of its most brutal, Timur would found the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia.

Shy and sometimes naive schoolboy Sashka lives with his grandmother and confides his secrets to a smart speaker because he has no friends. But Sashka has a special power - faith in miracles, thanks to which he gets into a whirlpool of extraordinary events. In the company of a witty genie from a jug and a smart speaker that has come to life, Alisa, Sashka sets off on a dangerous journey across half the world to find his parents, who after a sandstorm in Uzbekistan ended up in a magical city, captive to Shah Zaman. Sashka and company will face the machinations of the evil sorcerer Yusuf, battles on flying carpets, hot air balloon trips, chases across endless steppes, crossing the desert and meeting people who are ready to help the boy find his family again.

An honest craftsman sacrifices years of savings meant for Hajj with his wife to help his late friend’s homeless family. His selfless act leads to envy, false accusations, and tests his faith and integrity.

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2015, a remote village in a remote region of Uzbekistan. Gulchehra earns her living by combing cotton wool. It is hard work, but she has little choice: she needs to support herself and her elderly mother-in-law. Her husband is working in another country and Gulchehra does not realise that he is not coming back. After the death of her mother-in-law, Gulchehra is left alone in a hostile world, where morals and hypocritical morality reign supreme.

18-year-old sniper Jamila, a graduate of a military weapons school, volunteers on the Kalinin Front in Belarus, as her lover is fighting on one of the war fronts. Jamila undergoes combat training and is fully trained in the process. He endures all hardships and struggles and fights valiantly, but is wounded and captured by the Germans. As events unfold, Jamila finds her lover, who turns out to be a triple agent working undercover for the Nazis. He rescues Jamila and sneaks her through the forest, where they are stopped by Belarusian partisans.

In Women’s Paradise, a college professor and writer is separated from his wife after committing adultery and discovers a women’s paradise where his lover, a female student, and his wife are living happily together. Could this truly be paradise or just the projection of a male fantasy?

Stas is a young third generation Koryo-saram, a member of the Korean minority in Central Asia that was deported from the Russian Far East by Stalin. He and his three friends Kasoy, Shin and Said try to escape from the grim life in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, and one day, they also try heroin. Then, however, Kasoy gets killed by a gang. 6 years later, Shin has emigrated to South Korea, Said has become a drug addict and Stas is now a police officer. Said commits suicide by overdosing and Stas, who has has since then also become a drug addict, decides to turn over a new leaf. He follows Shin to South Korea, but can this be Hanaan for him, the Promised Land?

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

A touching drama about the difficult fate of a young woman named Ziyoda. After being abandoned by her family and facing a series of hardships, she struggles to find her place in society and protect her dignity. The film explores themes of betrayal, social injustice, and the strength of the human spirit in modern Uzbekistan.

A story about a lonely man who one day got himself a chicken and this led to changes in his life.

How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.

One of the most pressing issues of our day - the fight against drugs based disorders and logical solution. Uzbek film between the peoples of the world is a global problem, a broader and deeper look sharp sense of his goals in front of him

Based on Oscar Wilde's fairytale with same name. Once there was a golden statue of Prince, who didn't see any sadness before his death. A barn swallow sees that Prince cries and he asks her to give his gemstones to several people in poverty. In the end barn swallow dies near the prince, after he gave his gold from the monument to the poor.

A boy wanders around a village, passing through empty places and moments of silence. Along the way, he comes across a letter.

The film tells the story of an elderly couple living a peaceful life in a village, with their eldest son living nearby and their youngest son working abroad. It depicts the struggle and conflict between two generations.

Tahir and Zuhra are a young married couple who, although they married out of love, decide to divorce due to minor family disputes. After receiving the court's divorce decree, they feel relieved and immediately go in different directions, looking forward to their new, free lives. But fate has an unexpected surprise in store for them: no matter where they sleep, every morning they wake up in a traditional wedding tent, a symbol of the first night, set up in an art museum. In desperation, they turn to a psychic to put an end to this mystery.

The plot of the film tells about the events of the war era, where the stories of ordinary people are intertwined. The characters were Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, Hess, Ribbentrop, Molotov and Uzbek heroes. The film shows the role of government leaders in the country's domestic and foreign policy, and how their decisions affected the fate of ordinary people.

The film features several important aspects of changing the human's nature: behind the prison walls, in society and in the family.

An agent of Uzbekistan’s Foreign Intelligence Service with the codename “Baron,” who has spent five years undercover working for one of the most influential drug lords, Bassam, wants to finally leave the service and return to his family. However, without him, it’s impossible to prevent a series of planned terrorist attacks in Central Asia. Now Baron must infiltrate the militants’ ranks and complete his mission before his identity is exposed.

The feature film Hayatda tells the story of a scientist who, after the death of his only child, adopts a child with the ability to heal people and remains true to his principles until the end of his life.

"Temir Xotin" (The Iron Woman) is a legendary Uzbek sci-fi comedy released in 1990, based on the play by Sharof Boshbekov. The story centers on Qo'chqor, a witty but irresponsible tractor driver struggling with alcoholism and a failing marriage. His life takes a futuristic turn when his nephew, a brilliant inventor, creates "Alomat," a highly advanced female robot designed to handle all domestic and farm labor flawlessly. While the robot's efficiency initially brings order to Qo'chqor’s life, the film evolves into a poignant social satire, illustrating that no machine—no matter how perfect—can replace the genuine warmth, complexity, and soul of a human relationship. A true masterpiece of Uzbek cinema that blends sharp humor with deep philosophical questions.

The Silk Road. A seasoned merchant lost in the desert begins to understand the depths of his conflict with his son, who is pursuing a spiritual path. This is a story about how love and redemption can overcome the deepest differences.

Orazbaz, who lives in Uzbek, longs to leave his tiny fishing village. He becomes a stowaway on a ship thinking that he will end up in Manhattan. Instead he ends up in Rotterdam and is taken in by a lonely woman, but he is eventually betrayed by her jealous husband.

Maria suffers from the strangest illness; it resembles cancer but with one distinct difference: it somehow connects Maria to the fate of a 15th century woman named Donna Maria. Maria begins to time travel, gradually discovering the absolute brutality of history. She learns that Donna Maria was a Hungarian princess taken to a Bursa harem as a concubine of Ottoman's Sultan.

An agent of the Uzbek special services, Timur Saliev, is conducting an operation to seize the Scorpion terrorist group when he learns that his brother, whom he considered dead, is alive and belongs to this very organization.

Alisher and his wife Zarina get into a car accident. His wife falls into a clinical coma. After his own death, Alisher finds himself in a parallel world. Fate gives him a chance to save his wife by changing the course of events.

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Since Fatima and Zuhra's brother did not come home one day, Fatima is worried and goes outside to look for him. Then, the street thugs kidnap and rape Fatima. Fatima commits suicide.

Khodzha Nasreddin saves the donkey from the heat. Now he is in the service of Khodzha, from which all his adventures begin. Donkey lives, works, cannot raise his head, but meeting with Khodzha will turn his world upside down.

Sadyk’s grandson has disappeared in Russia as one of thousands of Uzbeks who travel there for work. The old man sets out for Moscow unaware of the contents of the package he is carrying for his benefactor.

A documentary film about the three remaining generations of fishermen in the Aral Sea-- Their everyday struggle to survive in one of the most dire and inhospitable places on the planet.

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The intertwined lives of several villagers unfold through love, personal struggles, and life's unexpected twists.

The film of director Nozim Tolakhojayev, which tells about a bad person who, as a leader of a satanic sect, deceived people and used them in his own interests.

The 'super kelinchak' has found her place as a wife and mother yet is as feisty as the mother-in-law who taught her how to become the perfect daughter-in- law...

According to Yusuf Roziev’s story, Jamshid is one of the young entrepreneurs and the owner of a teahouse granted to him as help from his uncle. One of his main goals is to earn a considerable amount of money. However, the path he has chosen leads to an utterly wrong outcome. Although his uncle was aware of Jamshid’s actions from the beginning, he does not interfere in his affairs. Jamshid now stands on the edge of a cliff, with even his life in danger…

A man left his old home. He tried to piece it back together, remember and explain its address, shape, color, smell, and sounds.

The film is about the life of a famous football player named Sardor Kamilov. All the journalists are interested in the whereabouts, and his fans thought that he was dead. A journalist searches for Sardor for an interview.

Having gone to Samarkand in search of traces of colonial culture, of which there were quite a few left there, having carefully photographed them, we suddenly discovered that it was not the dead buildings that were much more interesting, but the living carriers of this very colonial culture. The result is a film about people who live on the ruins of an empire.

A wealthy man hires two bodyguards, one a former paratrooper (Qodirov) and the other just released from prison (Soipov), to protect his two daughters, Gulnoza (Ashurboeva) and Dilnoza (Eshonqulova). Whilst at first the girls are reluctant to accept their fate, they soon realise how lucky they are to have the two young men in their lives…

The events of the film begin with the return from France to his homeland of a citizen who has been diagnosed with the first case of coronavirus in Uzbekistan. The country has declared a state of emergency, quarantine, and doctors are working tirelessly.

Credulous woman is hooked by religious extremists and leaves her family to become a terrorist.

Chronicles of the cultural life of Tashkent (2007 – 2015). From the murder of Mark Weil to the wedding of Alisher Usmanov. Tashkent Biennale, apartment buildings, video art festival, conversations about nothing, amateur performances and operational shooting, advertising and much more. Tashkent, which no longer exists, just as these people are no longer in it.

Ilhomjon is a quiet boy who loves science. One day, he meets a strange flying girl from another world. She wants to learn about humans and asks for his help. Their fun and emotional journey changes them both.

The plot of the film is built around a complex crime. As the main character investigates the events, each piece of evidence leads him not to the truth, but to false clues. Who is friend, who is enemy?

Doniyor has the supernatural power to heal seriously ill people with incurable pain. Thanks to his ability, not a single sick person remained in his village. Shuhrat Shodmonov, a big businessman from Tashkent, comes to him and asks him to treat his granddaughter.

The Aral “Sea” powerfully reveals the deadly impact of human activities—in this case, the intensive cultivation of cotton in the USSR—on an ecosystem. Daniel Asadi Faezi (The Absence of Apricots, VdR 2018) and Mila Zhluktenko (Find Fix Finish, VdR 2017) film the shore’s last inhabitants, who have lost their way of life to the desertification of their environment. A beautiful and poignant work about our probable future.

In the early morning of September 11, 2001, a Boeing 757 aircraft belonging to Uzbekistan Airways takes off from the Uzbek capital Tashkent. This is the final flight of experienced pilot Zarif Saidazimov prior to retirement. 101-Flight is in transit through London Birmingham International Airport to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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According to the 12th century mystic Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi, the world we live in is only one of the 18,000 that make up the universe. The film 18,000 WORLDS is conceived as a video story that draws attention to a world that is losing contact with its ancestors, and where the danger of losing forms of knowledge is real.

The film "Mr. Nobody" is about a young man named Jahongir, whose mother died when he was young. The mother leaves her son in the care of his older brother and leaves him a letter. In this letter, the mother instructs her son to listen to these people, see them as his parents, respect them, and do what they say...

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A young aspiring screenwriter struggles to come up with a story for a short film to apply for a film school.

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