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
At a time when most females in Asia possess little or no power over their lives, headstrong Kurmanjan Datka defies her family's authority -- and...
Queen of the Mountains
Ascel longs to escape her village in Kyrgyzstan and dreams of going to Moscow. The big city indeed tests her survival skills.
The Empty Home
A puzzling fable about human relations inspired by Samuel Beckett (in Kyrgyz, beket means station). At a bus stop amid a snowy winter landscape,...
Bus Stop
An amnesiac old man Zarlyk who after twenty-three years of ordeal in a foreign land, returns to his homeland. Events take place in a village in...
This Is What I Remember
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
On a cloudy day a group of passengers set out on a journey to their village. This trip will test their morals, faith, and spirit, while they will try...
Unknown Route
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
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...
Shambala
Tolubay, a connoisseur of horses, and his grandson get in trouble with a Khan due to his strict but correct opinions on horses.
Tolubay The Critic
As his city faces the threat of being conquered by an evil lord, a brave boy decides to take matters in his own hands.
How a Boy Saved His City
During World Word II, the difficult construction of a railroad through the Boom ravine at Kant-Rybachie. One of the construction workers then takes a...
Boom
In search of thrills, eight friends - four guys and four girls - go on a mysterious quest, which is built on the site of an abandoned morgue. They...
SOS: Жардамга!
Munabia depicts the story of a family's frustration, fury, sadness and eventual acceptance of a long term love affair between a widowed father and...
Munabia
The small village "Besh-Kempir" is to be relocated — a reservoir is to flood this area. And although the people are somewhat apprehensive about...
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Жусуп
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
Salia, an orphan, immediately after finishing her tenth year leaves her stepmother’s home, which she does not love, to a mining village to live...
Don't Look for an Explanation
In the remote village of Kök-Tash, Kyrgyzstan, where conservative norms confine women to domestic duties, an activist organizes a women's...
Kick-Off
A story about the life of an old woman named Burma. Coarsened and hardened in soul, she becomes attached and imbued with maternal love for a strange...
Burma
A young woman, grappling with a devastating loss, wakes up each night feeling increasingly drained—as if someone were siphoning away her...
Kassandra
A family of nomads lives in the remote high mountains of Kyrgyzstan...
Heavenly Nomadic
