Festivals: call for entries

Reception of applications for Kazan International Muslim Film Festival is still in progress

 

On February 1, submission for the XX Kazan International Muslim Film Festival started. The submission will last till June 1, 2024. The Selection Committee will finish its work by the beginning of July. After this, the official selection will be announced.

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ALTERNATIVA FILM PROJECT call for entries: Development Lab

 

Deadline: 28.04.2024

Bukhara, Almaty and online, June-October 2024

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Kyrgyz Serial: The contest of scripts (2024_kg)
 
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F R U N Z E

 

 

  

 

Director:   Nurzhamal Damir
Type:   short fiction
Director of photographer:   Alexander Baryshnikov
Editor:   Gani Kudaybergen
Art-designer:   Ruslan Ismanov
Scriptwriter:   Nurzhamal Damir
Sound:   Murat Azhiev
Producer:   Nurzhamal Damir
Music:

 

 Sagynuu (Missing you) 

 Lyrics: Karmyshak Tashbaev 

 Music: Rysbay Abdykadyrov 

 Singers: Ayana Kasymova, Nurayim Rysbekova

 Music adaptation: Bakyt Djunusaliev

 

Actors:

 

 Sultan: Salim Rafibekov

 Mother: Nariste Alieva

 Saltanat:Ayana Kasymova

 Father:Aziz Osmonaliev

 Arsen: Ersultan Alykulov

 Ulan: Ulan Omorov

 

Genre:
 Drama
Production:  Nurzhamal Damir production with the support of National film-studio "Kyrgyzfilm" named after T.Okeyev
Length:   18 min. 
Month and year of Production:  February, 2016
Synopsis:

 Young guitarist Sultan lives with his mother and plays in a school band. He falls in love with the new singer of the band who happens to be his best friend's flame. He wins the girl over only to find that his life falls apart shortly thereafter. 

 

 

Festivals, Awards & Prizes:

 

1. Short Film Corner  Festival De Cannes, 11-22.05.2016  

 

 

 

 

 

Info about director here

 

Festival Corner Cannes IFF here

 

Review here

 

 

 

 

 

SEIDE

 

 

  

 

Director:   Elnura Osmonalieva
Type:   short fiction
Director of photographer:   Chananun Chotrungroj
Editor:   Victor Opekin
Art-designer:   Myrsini Aristidou
Scriptwriter:   Elnura Osmonalieva
Sound:   Andrey Nikitin
Producers:   Elnura Osmonalieva & Charlotte Rabatte
Music:  Song based on "Talantly Suigondordun Esindemin" by Zhanysh Kochkorov, original lyrics by Aizada Begimkulova
Actors:

 Seide - Kaliman Kalybek kyzy

 Horse– Torka

 Father- Kanat Abdrahmanov

 Grandmother- Razha Alieva

 Sister- Syiapat Abdrahmanova

 Hunter- Stanbek Toichubaev

 Horsemen 1 - Aziz Aliev

 Horsemen 2 - Eldar Sydykov

 Horsemen 3 - Kutman Saynidinov

 Horsemen 4 - Mirlan Ismailov 

 

 
 
Genre:  drama 
Length:  13 min. 40 sec. 
Year of Production:  2015
Synopsis:

Young Seide lives in a secluded mountain village in the heart of Kyrgyzstan. She loves her freedom to ride her horse, the closest soul she has, and enjoys playing with the village boys. When she is faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage, her family decides to honor the tradition and kill Seide's horse for the wedding celebration. Upset and feeling voiceless, Seide tries to understand her family’s decision but cannot let her horse be killed. Unfortunately, the horse, like herself, has nowhere to go.

 

 

Festivals, Awards & Prizes:

 

1) The 72nd Venice IFF, 2-12.09.2015, Orizzonti

2) Sundance Film Festival 2016, 21-31.01., International Narrative Short Films

3) 38th International Short Film Festival at the Clermont-Ferrand, France

4) Short Film Corner  Festival De Cannes, 11-22.05.2016

 

Contact: 

 

 

http://www.seidefilm.com/

 

 

Review here

 

 

 

 

 

TAXI-DRIVER

 

 

  

 

Director:  Kymbat Adylbekova
Type:  short fiction
Director of photographer:  Bolsunbek Taalaibek uulu
Editor:  Eldiyar Madakim, Asan Jantaliev, Kymbat Adylbekova
Art-designers:  Tolgobek Koichumanov & Maksat Bolotbekov
Scriptwriters:  Toktobek Usenov & Kymbat Adylbekova
Sound:  Kalybek Sherniyazov
Producers:  Sadyk Sher-Niyaz & Farkhad Bekmanbetov
Music:  Aitegin Muratbek uule, DJXTZ
Actors:

 

Meerim Atantaeva, Ilim Kalmuratov etc.

 

Supervisor:
Artykpai Suyundukov
Genre:  drama 
Length:  13 min. 38 sec. 
Year of Production:  2015
Synopsis:

A girl aged 23-25 is dancing in a club in a drunken state. Suddenly, she feels bad and leaves the place. She goes and enters the underground pass where a maniac following her all the time attacks her. She barely escapes and runs out into the street, where she sees a taxi cab and runs towards it. The taxi driver stops abruptly, and she sits in the car. The driver brings her home, but she says that she has no money and asks him whether she could bring the payment tomorrow. The taxi driver gives her his address and leaves. Next morning, the girl goes to look for driver’s home in order to thank him. When she approaches the house according to given address, the wife of the driver opens the door. The girl says that she came to thank him. A woman invites her inside and asks if she made a mistake, but girl replies that he had saved her yesterday. The woman tells her that this cannot be true, because her husband died 9 years ago.

Based on:

story "Return" written by Toktobek Usenov

Festivals, Awards & Prizes:

 1. IFF of the short movies "KOROCHE", Kaliningrad, Russia, 21-23 August, 2015

 2. Fifth Arthouse Film Festival, Kyrgyzstan, 27-28 August 2015

 3. 56th IFF BRNO, Czech Republic 14-17 October 2015

 4. Fifth IFF for student films "Bastau", Almaty, Kazakhstan, 21-25 October 2015

 5. Grand-Prix at the National competition at the Fifth IFF "Kyrgyzstan - the land of short movies", Bishkek, 12-15 December 2015

 6. Second Prize at the Aidyn Dogan competition, Istanbul Bilgi Univercity, Turkey, 12-15 December 2015 

 7. CinemAvvenire Film Festival, International contest, Rome, Italy, 2016

 8. Short Film Corner  Festival De Cannes, 11-22.05.2016

 

  

Production: 

 

 

 Aitysh-film

 

 

 

 

Herding

 

  

Director:  Ruslan Akun 
Type:  short fiction
Director of photographer:  Talant Urgaziev
Editor:  Eldiyar Madakim
Art-designer:  Maksat Bolotbekov
Scriptwriter:  Ruslan Akun
Sound:  Nurlan Razakulov
Producer:  Ruslan Akun

  
Actors:

 

Annel' Azamatova, Erjan Turdukojoev etc.



 
Genre:  drama 
Length:  23 min. 
Year of Production:  2014
Synopsis:
A family of shepherds, father, little daughter and son, set out to herd cattle to summer pastures. In the middle of the way they encounter corrupted political campaigners who persuade the father to join them and make quick money. Father agrees and leaves his children all alone instructing them to wait for him. However, he does not show up. So next morning kids decide to herd the cattle on their own. Will they manage to do that? The film depicts a generation of "lost" fathers and husbands in Kyrgyzstan, and a new generation of children who stand up for their future.

 

Festivals, Awards & Prizes:

 

1) Grand-Prix & Audience Prize at the short films festival, Bishkek, 12-15.12.2013

 

 

  

Production: 

 

Photos:

  Nomadmen films, 2013, december 

 

 Mountain Pass

 Review

 

The Seagull (Chayka)

 

  

Director:  Elizaveta Stishova 
Type: feature short film
Director of photographer:  Alexander Pochepko
Editor:  
Expert:  
Scriptwriter:  Alisa Khelnitskaya
Sound:  Andrey Gur'yanov
Producer:  Sadyk Sher-Niyaz & Maria Avakova
Head of the filmmaking:  Vladimir Men'shov 
Actors:

 Asan Amanov, Aydana Satybekova, Yunus Tekche etc.


Art-designer:
 Pavel Eyler
Shooting:  spring-summer 2012
Length:  30 min. 
Release date:  14.12.2012
Synopsis:
 
Festivals:

 

Awards & Prizes:

 1) Prize for the best direction at the short films festibal, Bishkek, 12-15.12.2012

 2) Grand-Prix at the Forum for the Young cinema, 12-15.03.2013

 3) Three awards at the St.Anna film festival, Moscow (04-12.04.2013):

  for the best direction, for the best script and for the best camera.

Production:

 

Review:

  

Aytysh-film & Seepwell Pictures 

 

 The Hope of the Last Teacher

 

 

Silence (Jymjyrt)

 

  

Director: Nargiza Mamatkulov
Type: feature short film
Director of photographer: Izat Abdraimov
Editor: Nargiza Mamatkulova
Expert: Talip Ibraimov
Scriptwriter: Nargiza Mamatkulova
Sound: Spartak Shulgin
Producer: Taalaybek Kulmendeev
Head of the filmmaking: Artyk Suyundulov
Actors:

Jolboldu uulu Almazbek, Jarkyn Balykbaeva, Roza Abdullaeva


Art-designer:
Izat Abdraimov
Shooting: winter 2011
Length: 15 min. 
Release date: 12.12.2012
Synopsis:
 When a family is unable to repay a bank loan, they lose their most coveted possession – their TV set. Their link to the world is broken and their lives start anew…
Festivals:

1) International Film Festival Dubai - please open

 

2) IFF of the short films, Bishkek

Awards & Prizes:

 1) The best film at the short films festibal, Bishkek, 12-15.12.2012

 2) Two Prizes at 9th Dubai IFF, 9-16.12.2012: Best Director and Special Jury Prize

Production:  Kyrgyzfilm
 

Well - being

 

  

Director: Dalmira Tilepbergenova
Type: feature short film
Director of photographer: Evgeny Krokhmalenko 
Editor: Evgeny Krokhmalenko
Composer: Murzaly Jeenbaev
Scriptwriter: Dalmira Tilepbergenova
Sound: Nurlan Razakulov
Idea & Producer: Ulan Isakbekov
Line producer: Nurgul' Rysbaeva
Actors (main roles) Marsel' Bekov & Kanat Jetigenov
Art-designer:
Oroz Absattarov
Shooting: Autumn-winter 2011
Length: 19 min. 26 sec.
Release date: 05.02.2012
Synopsis:
The message of the author is that, despite entrenched in a society divided into "rich" and "poor", in actual fact, in the lives of all people are identical, and those in other one and the same joys and challenges.
Festivals:  
Awards & Prizes:  
Production: PF "Cinema Development Fund" with tekhnical support Kyrgyzfilm & Aytysh-film
Distribution:

PF "Cinema Development Fund"

1, Dinara Asanova Street
Bishkek, 720030, Kyrgyzstan 

Phone: +996 (312) 34 46 71

           +996 (312) 34 45 81 

Fax: +996 (312) 34 48 12 

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 Article about this film: Vecherny Bishkek newspaper

 
Kempir
 
 
Director
N.Mendebairov
Genre: 
feature short film
Director of photographer: 
A.Bekbolotov
Editor: 
M.Otonbaev
Production designer
O.Absattarov
Photographer: 
 
Scriptwriter: 
N.Mendebairov
Producer: 
 
Line producer: 
 
Actors (main roles): 
 
Budjet
 
Shooting
June – August 2010
Length: 
15 min
Release
2010
Synopsis: 
Old mullah lives in the village. He is very respectable among his fellow villagers. One day his wife came home drunken and fell into a silo pit.  Mullah is trying to mask it from villagers…
Festivals: 
 
Awards & Prizes: 
 
Production: 
 «Aitysh» studio
Distribution: 
«Aitysh» studio
1, Dinara Asanova Street,

Bishkek, 720030, Kyrgyzstan
Phones: +996 (312) 34 48 75
+996 (312) 65 42 64
+996 (775) 98 89 88
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Kalpak
 

 
Director
Cholponay Borubaeva
Genre: 
feature short film
Director of photographer: 
Tynay Ibragimov
Editor: 
Azamat Takenov
Production designer
Sharip Jailobaev
Photographer: 
Sharip Jailobaev 
Scriptwriter: 
Cholponay Borubaeva
Make-up artist: Fatima Kasymova
Producer: 
Aibek Jangaziev
Line producer: 
Jyrgal Duisheev
Actors (main roles): 
 Kenesh Kurmanaliev,Shaiyrgul Kasymalieva, Busurman Odurakaev, Tynchtyk Abylkasymov, Fatima Kasymova
Budjet
 
Shooting
July,5 – August,18, 2010
Length: 
17 min
Release
September, 1, 2010
Synopsis: 
Film dedicate to one of national symbols of Kyrgyz people. Kalpak is a Kyrgyz national men's headpiece. Men put it on for celebrations and funeral. In this film we can see how people to celebrate a holidays and pay man's last tribute.
Festivals: 
 
Awards & Prizes: 
 
Production: 
"Kyrgyztelefilm"
Distribution: 
"Kyrgyztelefilm"
59, Molodaja Gvardija Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Phones:+996 (312) 39 21 03
            +996 (312) 65 67 25
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Last father’s gift
 
Director
Mamytov Azamat
Genre: 
feature short film
Director of photographer: 
Rustam Sadykov
Editor: 
Damir Abdraimov
Production designer
 
Photographer: 
 
Make-up artist: 
 
Producer: 
Temir Birnazarov
Line producer: 
Cholpon Alinbaev
Actors (main roles): 
Damir Abdraimov, Imasheva Albina, Nuradil uulu Dastan
Budjet
6000 $
Shooting
2009-2010
Length: 
30 min
Release
2010
Synopsis: 
This film describes a story of family relationships where victim of inner conflict is an innocent child.
Festivals: 
 
Awards & Prizes: 
 
Production: 
Cinema company “Тazar”
Distribution: 
Cinema company “Тazar”
1, Dinara Asanova Street,
Bishkek, 720030, Kyrgyzstan
Phone: +996 (312) 34 48 23
Fax:     +996 (312) 34 46 49
e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    
 
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