Asel Sagatova

Set in the early 1990s in Almaty, the film follows Sayan, a promising young boxer who decides to punch his way into a better life by joining a local criminal gang. As he climbs the ranks of the underworld, he quickly learns that the path of a racketeer comes with a heavy price, and some choices can never be undone. A gritty, first-person account of ambition, loyalty, and the inevitable reckoning in a lawless era.

Aspiring screenwriter Aidar, in search of an idea for a film about relationships, meets a psychologist. Together, they try to understand what really happens to love after marriage — and why feelings that once seemed “forever” столкнулись с реальностью. In their field of view are several stories: A successful manager, Zhanar, and her husband Zhandos, who has taken on the role of the keeper of the home. Karlygash, coping with her husband’s infidelity and facing a difficult choice. A young couple dreaming of having a child, but confronted with an unsolvable problem. Who will preserve their feelings, and who will decide to start over?

The action of this story begins in the near future. The great device codenamed as the “Phantom” is invented by the Global Security Corporation in order to eliminate the crime and to establish a secure global community. But, it is not how it really is. The reverse side of the “Phantom” is to establish an absolute control over people’s minds. The Corporation aims to change the course of the history, by gaining the community of obedient “puppets”, who would never realize that their minds are being controlled. Step by step, the “Phantom” fractures people’s lives, but nobody suspects anything, until it destroys the lives of in-love couple- Timur and Keira. She is convicted of murder, and he needs to break the law to save her. An American criminal hacker named Zach helps Timur to find the truth, and to uncover the Corporation’s conspiracy.

After serving time for the murder of his sworn enemy, Sayan is released from prison. The son of the murdered man, who gave his word to destroy Sayan, is already waiting for him at liberty. The choice has been made, but what will be the outcome?

The loser Yerkin cannot find a job, he is constantly unlucky. Because of this, problems arise in the family. One day he inherited his grandfather's skullcap, which allows him to read the thoughts of women.

Alma-Ata, 1987. The protagonist of the film is 16-year-old Arsen, who moves from the suburbs to the city center and goes to a new school. At the new school, he makes friends with classmates who are active participants in the so-called "District Movements". Along with this, Arsen faces street, teenage hierarchy and violence. And before him there is a choice, to become like everyone else or to remain true to himself.

The family of a wealthy businessman is forced to flee the city to a village, where an unusual life and unexpected adventures await them.

Having failed to realize herself either in her family or in her career, Asel still decides to go to a meeting of classmates. At the meeting, she is even more overwhelmed by the success of her classmates and the ridicule of Gauhar. After talking with Timur, who has loved Asel since high school, she realizes that many things could have been different. Depressed, she doesn't intend to live like this anymore. And fate gives her a second chance: Asel returns to the past.