Country: Kazakhstan

Direction Sergei Dvortsevoy

Synopsis Sergey Dvortsevoy makes his international debut with this astonishingly intimate portrait of a nomadic family on the Kazakh plains.

Direction Sergei Dvortsevoy

Cast Samal Yeslyamova

Synopsis A young Kyrgyz girl, Ayka, lives and works illegally in Moscow. After giving birth to her son she leaves him in hospital. Some time later, however, her motherly yearning leads her to desperate attempts of finding the abandoned child.

Direction Emir Baigazin

Cast Timur Aidarbekov · Aslan Anarbayev · Mukhtar Andassov · Anelya Adilbekova

Synopsis During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with trying to control...

Direction Ermek Tursunov

Cast Turakhan Sadykova · Kuandyk Kystykbaev · Nurzhan Turganbayev · Gulsharat Zhubyeva

Direction Askar Uzabaev

Cast Laura Myrzakhmetova · Yerbolat Alkozha · Almagul Sagyndyk · Dias Myrzakhmet

Synopsis For her job as an influencer, she wears orange and a broad smile. The 'Happiness' brand is her doctrine, but her home is a dark place where brute force has ruled for years. This film shows us what it costs...

Direction Darezhan Omirbayev

Cast Djamshed Usmonov · Saule Toktybayeva · Aïnour Tourgambaeva · Magjane Omirbaev

Direction Gulshat Omarova

Cast Oldzhas Nusupbayev · Olga Landina · Eduard Tabishev · Viktor Sukhorukov

Synopsis Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fist-fighting, where he is able to eke...

Direction Sergey Bodrov

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Aliya · Tegen Ao · Khulan Chuluun

Synopsis Mongol: The Early Years of Genghis Khan (2007) follows the tumultuous early life of Temüjin, the boy who would become the legendary conqueror Genghis Khan. After his father's murder, young Temüjin endures betrayal, slavery, and hardship, forging resilience and leadership....

Direction Emir Baigazin

Cast Zhalgas Klanov · Zhasulan Userbayev · Ruslan Userbayev · Bagdaulet Sagindikov

Synopsis Five young brotherwho lead secluded lives under the strict watch of their controlling father, until the boys’ accidental discovery of the modern world threatens their way of life.

Direction Darezhan Omirbayev

Cast Talgat Assetov · Roksana Abouova

Direction Sergei Dvortsevoy

Cast Tolepbergen Baisakalov · Odas Besikbasov · Askhat Kuchencherekov · Samal Esljamova

Direction Darezhan Omirbayev

Cast Samat Beysenbin · Baljan Bisembekova · Indira Jeksembaeva · Kariat Mahmetov

Synopsis Determined to continue his studies at a university, Kairat (Kairat Mahmetov), a handsome 20 year old boy, jumps on a train that takes him to the city of Alma-Ata. However, during an exam, he gets caught trying to pass on...

Direction Darezhan Omirbayev

Cast Zhasulan Asauov · Gulnara Dusmatova · Ilyas Kalymbetov · Saule Toktybayeva

Synopsis A 12-year-old boy from the isolated steppes in Khazakstan gets his first taste of the outside world when he is sent to a children's clinic with a treatable heart condition in this Kazakh drama. While in the clinic Zhasulan meets...

Direction Akan Satayev

Cast Almira Tursyn · Adil Akhmetov · Erkebulan Dairov · Berik Aitzhanov

Synopsis This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.

Direction Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Cast Berik Aitzhanov · Anna Starchenko

Synopsis A civil war rages across a vast, seemingly unpopulated landscape. As men fight and die, a mute woman searches for her son who has been kidnapped by child organ traffickers. She is accompanied by ‘the Steppenwolf’, a reformed ex-convict now...

Direction Darezhan Omirbayev

Cast Yedyge Bolysvayev · Maiya Serkibayeva · Bakhytzhan Turdaliyeva · Ermek Ahmetov

Synopsis The film is based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky "Crime and Punishment." A student of the Philosophy Faculty suffers from a lack of money and loneliness.One day the owner of the store and one usual shopper became student‘s crime...

Direction Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Cast Azamat Nigmanov · Kamila Nugmanova · Sanjar Madi · Yerzhan Zhamankulov

Synopsis Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains. Will Kermek’s love of Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them...

Direction Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Cast Asel Sadvakasova · Dinara Sagi · Yerbolat Alkozha · Berik Aitzhanov

Synopsis Life in Karatas Village runs along an untroubled path, until its patriarchal way of life is challenged by Ulbolsyn, a woman whose coldblooded heart and blazing temperament are not afraid of setting everything on fire.

Direction Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Cast Daniar Alshinov · Dinara Baktybaeva · Teoman Khos

Synopsis A boy is killed in an aul (Kazakh village). Detective Bekzat wants to end an investigation quickly: a crime perpetrator is already found by local police officers after all.

Direction Yernar Nurgaliyev

Cast Daniar Alshinov · Asel Kaliyeva · Yerkebulan Daiyrov · Azamat Marklenov

Synopsis A young couple is expecting their firstborn. After a trivial quarrel, Dastan decides to blow off steam by going on a one-day fishing trip with two friends, an unlucky businessman and an inept cop. But a series of sudden unfortunate...