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Berlin: Centaur won CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Members of the Jury (Panorama): Andrea Crozzoli, Afshin Izanlou, Jean Paul Noret
"Centaur" made by Aktan Arym Kubat, Kyrgyzstan / France / Germany / Netherlands 2017 / Kirghiz / 89 min · Colour
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE, from French Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai) is an international non-profit association with address of record in Paris which tries to support and to promote art cinema. It is the only international art cinema organization of its kind.
About Centaur: There’s a horse thief at large on the outskirts of Bishkek high up in the mountainous region of Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Otherwise not a lot happens in this small community that does at least boast a cinema. This is where stories of the war in Afghanistan, Bollywood fairy-tales from India or films by ex-Soviet director Tolomush Okeyev open up a window on the world. This is also where projectionist and horse thief Centaur lives with his deaf wife and young son. Theirs is a simple life and yet one that increasingly seems to fall foul of the jealously and intrigues of others. Centaur believes that the people of Kyrgyzstan themselves descend from centaurs, mythological half-human half-horse creatures, and that horses are, as he says, ‘the wings of humankind’. Unfolding in contemplative images, Kyrgyz director Aktan Arym Kubat’s film is an allegorical tale of humans, animals and nature trying to live together whilst caught between faith and superstition, modernity and tradition. As in his award-winning film The Light Thief Aktan Arym Kubat himself once again plays the leading role.
WITH
Aktan Arym Kubat (Centaur)
CREW
Director Aktan Arym Kubat Screenplay Aktan Arym Kubat, Ernest Abdyjaparov Director of Photography Khassan Kydyraliev Editor Petar Markovic Music Andre Matthias Sound Design Manuel Laval Sound Gerben Kokmeijer Production Design Adis Seitaliev Costumes Inara Abdieva Producers Altynai Koichumanova, Cedomir Kolar, Thanassis Karathanos, Marc Baschet, Denis Vaslin Co-producers Martin Hampel, Danis Tanovic, Yûji Sadai, Fleur Knopperts, Gulmira Kerimova Co-production
Kyrgyzfilm Studio, Bishkek
BIOGRAPHYAktan Arym KubatBorn in Kyrgyzstan in 1957, he is also known as Aktan Abdykalykov. After graduating from the Art Academy in Bishkek he first worked as a production designer and directed several short films before making his feature debut in 1998 withBeshkempir (The Adopted Son). The film won several prizes including the Silver Leopard at Locarno. Maimyl (The Chimp) and Svet-Ake (The Light Thief) screened at international festivals including Cannes and won numerous awards. Centauris his sixth feature-length film.
Filmography 1992 Gde Tvoy Dom, Ulitka? (Where Is Your House, Snail?)1993 Sel'kincek (The Swing) 1998 Beshkempir (The Adopted Son) 2001 Maimyl (The Chimp) 2009 Ray Dlya Mamy (Mothers Heaven) 2010 Svet-Ake (The Light Thief) 2017 Centaur
PRODUCED BY
Oy Art
Pallas Film
ASAP Films
Volya Films
WORLD SALES
The Match Factory
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