A tiny Kyrgyz aul in the mountains is slated for demolition, and its people must move to a collective farm. Young shepherd Kanat sets out for the...
Among People
In a suburban village, a house belonging to a young family who lost their firstborn catches fire. Neighbors say the house is cursed, as no one...
Burning
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
Kalman, released from the colony under an amnesty, turns out to be the only one who comes to the aid of a woman whose child was kidnapped...
Plot
After living as an immigrant in the USA for 15 years, Azat flies to Kyrgyzstan to his family village. His father, Murat, died in the USA a year ago....
A Father's Will
Bulak
Based on a story from Talip Ibraimov’s collection „The Old man and the Angel“. Angels can be heralds of positive or negative...
Night Accident
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 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 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
Traditionally a woman receives a pair of earrings as a gift when a man proposes to her. They might not be previously acquainted and their marriage...
The Earrings
Two elderly women from a remote mountain village must climb the stairs of a tall apartment building to visit a relative. As they make their way up,...
Лифти бар үйдөгү тепкичтер
Guljan's father, who is determined to marry his beautiful daughter to Musa, a scoundrel who has secured himself a position at the village...
My Mistake
Portrait of Saiakbai Karalaev, one of the last bards of the "manas," a Kyrgyz national epic.
The Manas
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
Due to the danger of a landslide, the yak herders must move to another, safer place. For them, this long and arduous journey has become a habit, but...
Nomadic
A high-mountainous region of Kyrgyzstan. A raging disaster nearly takes the life of a girl named Saltanat, a young zootechnician from a high-mountain...
Saltanat
The journey of sculptor Akzholtoy begins with a somber telegram: Esengeldi, a close family friend, has passed away. Returning to his village with his...
Phantoms Trapped in Stone
The picture tells about the difficult periods of the history of the Kyrgyz people through the fate of the main character Seynep, who has a rare...
The Mourner Woman
A lonely watchman lives in a rocky cemetery near a small town. Obviously, his life among people did not work out, but here he found his peace.
The Road
Two best friends fall for the same girl and compete for the role of Romeo in a school play, sparking a conflict that makes them grow up and rethink...
Romeo
Teenager Mukai spends most of the year in a remote Kyrgyz village with his grandmother while his parents work in a secluded mountain area. At...
Swans Arrive Here
A retired writer is living his last days as a famous and poor writer in a society increasingly concerned by wealth. A widower, he has no children and...
The Road to Eden
Asema, a Kyrgyz city girl visiting her boyfriends family in the countryside, is mistaken for a villager and accidentally kidnapped by Sagyn, a young...
Pure Coolness