Erzhan Nurymbet

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains against Mongolian invaders.

A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.

An alcoholic and an abuser, after leaving prison, receives a donor heart. After the operation, he notices that something strange is happening to him. Perhaps it's the former owner of the heart? After all, he was a primary school teacher...

Karlygash (translated from Kazakh as "swallow") lives with her husband Ilyas and father-in-law on a horse farm, lost in the Kazakh steppe. Karlygash is a stranger to everyone here, and Ilyas has not yet forgotten about his first love for a girl named Aina. Everything changes with the arrival of a foreigner in their village - Frenchman Louis, a photographer who went on a trip after breaking up with his wife.

Two boys remain orphans in a difficult time of famine and repression. Meeting friends in a few years will be unexpected for both. This is a myth about the price that a person had to pay to survive during the military dictatorship.

After graduating from school, Rawan witnesses a tragedy when a dam breach causes the death of all the villagers. However, unexpectedly, the young man is given a second chance. But will he be able to use it to prevent the catastrophe?

Karasai's parent Altynai prepares his son for subsequent participation in battles from an early age, teaching the boy various martial arts and skills. The boy willingly listens to his father's recommendations, and already in childhood he confidently uses a whip and a sword. When Karasai turns into an adult youth, a period of famine sets in, from which the relatives of the young man suffer. The guy leads the herds of his fellow tribesmen to fertile arable land, and soon aggressive Dzungars attack the lands of his people.

Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolves.