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Based on a story from Talip Ibraimov’s collection „The Old man and the Angel“. Angels can be heralds of positive or negative...

In the remote village of Kök-Tash, Kyrgyzstan, where conservative norms confine women to domestic duties, an activist organizes a women's...

A large village high in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan has become almost deserted. Not only the three old men who are protecting the empty houses, but...

A portrait of Qaba Atabekov, the man who is regarded as the last great representative of the Manas Epos. This oral tradition tells the story of the...

Malsat, a famous professional Kök Börü player gets expelled from a champion team for refusing to play on an injured horse. Upon...

Two fishermen, grandfather Ignatyich and grandson Lyokha, are fishing near the Big Chkalov Canal. A girl approaches the bridge behind them and...

Young Altyn eagerly leaves pastoral life behind for the modern comforts of the capital, but soon finds a corrupted society clashing with the values...

Scene. The play. First Love. A boy decides to confess his love for his classmate on the day of the play in an abandoned old club. She is Juliet to...

Under Heaven, written and directed by Dalmira Tilepbergen, is a modern day re-working of the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, set in a remote mountain...

Based on the story of Chingiz Aitmatov "The White Steamer". In a forest cordon, lost high in the mountains, an old man and an old woman and his...

A puzzling fable about human relations inspired by Samuel Beckett (in Kyrgyz, beket means station). At a bus stop amid a snowy winter landscape,...

Episodic portrait of the absurdities of Kyrgyz village life in the summer.

A family in Kyrgysztan take their livestock to the summer pasture. Intense, almost magical images make the audience part of this journey.

Bakyt and Kanykei are getting a divorce. But to get a divorce, they must go to Issyk-Kul since they are registered there. Their car breaks down in...

In 1957, Chinghiz Aitmatov, a young Kyrgyz student from the Moscow Literature Institute, destined to become one of the great writers of our time,...

Central Asia. A sanatorium called Aurora, is located at the shores of the high mountainous lake Issyk-Kul and the action of the film is taking place...

Ever since drinking water began flowing into the village's homes, Bermet's world seems to have turned upside down. Now, no one goes to the spring,...

At the age of 77, Ernst Akramov is a living legend of medicine in Kyrgyzstan. He devoted 56 years of his existence to surgery. A real priesthood for...

35-year-old former prosecutor Ilyas goes to his native village, where the residents have a secret. In a mysterious gorge there are multi-ton stones...