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First Bishkek IFF: Info about “Esimde” (This is what I remember, Kyrgyzstan) from International competition
Place & dates: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 17-21.11.2023 Screening: 20 November 2023, at 2.20 pm, Ala-Too cinema
Esimde
“This Is What I Rememeber” (Esimde) by Aktan Arym Kubat, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Netherland, France, 2022, 105’
Synopsis: The film “Esimde” tells a tragic story of turned into 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 Kyrgyzstan, where he is brought by his matured son Kubat.
Poster: Esimde
Aktan Arym Kubat
Biography:
Born in Kuntuu village, Kyrgyzstan in 1957. Graduated from Kyrgyz State Art School in 1980. In 1993 has shot first short fiction film “The Swing” and won the best prize at Locarno IFF. Participant at many international film festivals and multiply awarded. Member of European Film Academy, Asian Pacific Screen Academy.
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