The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul, known as the most...
Black Red Yellow
In this animated film inspired by Kyrgyz fairy-tales, a skylark helps people solve their problems.
The Skylark
Episodic portrait of the absurdities of Kyrgyz village life in the summer.
Saratan
Esen, a young man who has been expelled from his village, escapes with the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the village. Whilst being...
The Song of the Tree
Young Altyn eagerly leaves pastoral life behind for the modern comforts of the capital, but soon finds a corrupted society clashing with the values...
The Mountain Wagtail
In a remote Kyrgyz village, 35-year-old Adil, who has the mind of an 8-year-old, lives with his elderly mother, Rayhan. She has always told him he is...
Paradise at Mothers' Feet
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...
Under Heaven
The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in...
The Chimp
A poetic cinematic legend based on an ancient Kyrgyz folk tale. The film tells the tragic story of the all-conquering love between the beautiful Ak...
Ak Möör
Ayjamal
A young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of a tradition.
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
About the relationship of two front-line friends who failed to find common ground during the rebuilding of a village in the post-war years.
Everyone Has Their Own Path
In a remote Kyrgyz village, a mother navigates daily life as her family is drawn into the upheaval of World War II. Left behind to tend the land and...
Mother's Field
Egemen, who makes a living by stealing scrap metal, has a secret lover, Meyerim. She was kidnapped, married, and then divorced with her daughter, so...
Bride Kidnapping
Portrait of Saiakbai Karalaev, one of the last bards of the "manas," a Kyrgyz national epic.
The Manas
Follows the party worker who gave up his own child, and a young woman who left her baby in the garbage. After 19 years, it can be seen that the same...
Anomaly
The documentary explores the life of Klara Yusupzhanova, celebrated actress-turned-director, through the perspectives of her colleagues, husband, and...
Klara
Aisulu Akhmatova is a renowned cotton grower, but her rising fame sparks resentment in her husband, who assaults her in the very fields where she...
Aisulu's field
A tomboy girl Arno, one of five sisters, strives to become the son her father has always longed for. As she navigates the challenges of growing up,...
The Gift
Based on true events, several stories about disempowerment of women, are closely intertwined, affecting to each other's, unfolding against the...
Kurak
