Festivals: call for entries

Submissions are now open for the 23rd Marrakesh Festival

 

Call for Film Entries: Submissions are now open for the 23rd Marrakesh Festival, November 20th–28th, 2026.

Deadline for submissions: 31.07.2026
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Submissions for the 2027 Tampere Film Festival competitions will open on Friday, 1 May 2026

 

Submissions for the 2027 Tampere Film Festival competitions will open on Friday, 1 May 2026.
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The Kyrgyz Filmmakers Union announces a competition

 

 
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Kyrgyz Cinema
Princess Nazik
Princess Nazik
 

 
Director: 
 Erkin Saliev
Type of the film: 
feature full-length film
Director of photographer: 
 Hasan Kydyraliev
Editor: 
 Jekshen Jumashov, Marat Ryspakov, Kerimbek Omurkojoev 
Production designer: 
Azamat Mambetov
Photographer: 
 
Scriptwriter: 
Erkin Saliev
Sound: Ali Akhmadeev
Make-up artist: Rumiya Agisheva 
Composer: Alexander Yurtaev
Producers: 
Taalaybek Kulmendeev, Gulmira Kerimova
Line producer: 
 Jyrgal Duysheev
Actors (main roles): 
Ayday Salieva, Rumiya Agisheva, Tynchtyk Abylkasymov, Jylkychy Jakypov, Roza Abdullaeva etc
Budjet: 
 
Production period: 
from January 2010 - started of the project
Length: 
73 min.
Release: 
2012, autumn
Synopsis: 
A small village is situated on the picturesque shore of Lake Issyk-Kul. Nazik, a 7 year old girl, lives there with her mother Rumiya, a young and bold beauty. Rumiya works at a trout farm. After the collapse of the Soviet empire everyone struggles to survive in this remote mountainous region, where the “world financial crisis” means little to the locals. Only Nazik continues to live in her own make-believe world of fairy-tale, which is reflected in her drawings.
 
Festivals: 
1) The Locarno International Film Festival - programme "Open Doors", 2010

2) Main competition of the XXI Kinoshock Film Festival for CIS & Baltic countries, Anapa, Russia (15-23.2012) 

3) Eurasia IFF, Almaty, September-2012

4) Kazan festival of Islamic cinema, September-2012

5) Didor IFF, Dushanbe, October-2012

6) Art-festival in Delhi, India November-2012

7) Kerala IFF, India, December-2012

8) Bangalore IFF, India, December-2012 

9) Winner of the National cinema award White Leopard (15.05.2013) by 6 nominess: Best film, Best direction, Best - camera-man, Best artist, Best script, Best actress

10) 2nd New York Eurasian Film Festival, May 20-24

11) Innsbruck IFF, Austria, from May 28 to June 2, 2013
Awards & Prizes: 
 Diploma from Kinoshock
Production: 
Kyrgyzfilm
Distribution: