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The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in...

Anticipation of Love has settled in the heart of a young lady. The boundaries between dream and passion are very elusive. Life is full of physical...

About the relationship of two front-line friends who failed to find common ground during the rebuilding of a village in the post-war years.

The second film by Kyrgyzstani director Aktan Arym Kubat (then credited by his Russian name Aktan Abdykalykov), it is the first of his...

The forty-year-old commentator, summing up his life and realizing that his well-being is purely external and essentially nothing significant has been...

Two elderly women from a remote mountain village must climb the stairs of a tall apartment building to visit a relative. As they make their way up,...

In a remote Kyrgyz village, 35-year-old Adil, who has the mind of an 8-year-old, lives with his elderly mother, Rayhan. She has always told him he is...

In a remote Kyrgyz village, Beshkempir, an infant foundling, is taken in by five older women and later adopted by a couple unable to bear children of...

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...

Centaur lives a modest life with his family in rural Kyrgyzstan until he abruptly becomes the center of attention when he is caught stealing a...

One day, Nazar walks into the studio of his partner’s ex-husband, Arsen. He looks around his computer and finds something that changes his...

The journey of sculptor Akzholtoy begins with a somber telegram: Esengeldi, a close family friend, has passed away. Returning to his village with his...

The small village "Besh-Kempir" is to be relocated — a reservoir is to flood this area. And although the people are somewhat apprehensive about...

Aisulu Akhmatova is a renowned cotton grower, but her rising fame sparks resentment in her husband, who assaults her in the very fields where she...

Film adaptation of the Kyrgyz folk legend of Raimaly-aga, based on Chingiz Aitmatov's interpretation from his “The Day Lasts More Than a...

Adyl Sultanov is accused of involvement in a department store robbery case. The hero, confident in his innocence, nevertheless does not immediately...

In 1920s' Kyrgyzstan, the lives of three people intertwine over the course of a fateful night.

During the second world war two friends work at a remote railway station in the steppes. When one dies the other's request to bury him according to...

After a serious conflict with the editor of a local newspaper, journalist Temir Ataev began working as a teacher at a boarding school for children of...