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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...

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

A film tapestry that weaves together different Kyrgyzstan’s colonial and postcolonial histories as well as the filmmaker’s personal...

This film tells the story of a young, 22-year-old doctor who decieded to work in a valley with severe climate conditions, where no other doctor...

Baizak and Meerim grew up in the same village, and then both moved to the city. But this city draws the girl in, and one day she disappears. Baizak,...

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...

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

In Kyrgyz culture, male circumcision matters. The hero of the film is a boy who was left out of sight of his parents. Guys - peers - mock him. The...

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

A Muslim man, who lives by the rules of sharia law, is challenged on his person and his faith when a highly pregnant woman needs his boat, his ores...

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

The small village "Besh-Kempir" is to be relocated — a reservoir is to flood this area. And although the people are somewhat apprehensive about...

A boy and his grandmother wait for news of the boy's parents, working in Russia to repay a bank loan. A clerk comes to demand repayment of the debt...

An elderly craftswoman passes on the secrets of making ala kiyiz to a group of young girls from the city. Watching their efforts, she sees a...

A biographical film about one of the leading documentarians in the history of Kyrgyz cinema. The film tells about the creative path of Bekesh...

An elderly man, a shoemaker, lived alone for many years. His quiet life away from people takes a completely different turn when his radio breaks...