Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

The Biography of a Young Accordian Player

The story of young accordionist who lives in a small post-war village on the south of Soviet Kazakhstan.

Dersu Uzala

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

Plot

Kalman, released from the colony under an amnesty, turns out to be the only one who comes to the aid of a woman whose child was kidnapped...

Men Without Women

A team of rescue workers do what they can in the desperate situation left by an earthquake in the Kyrgyz mountains.

Goodbye, Gyulsary!

The story of Tanabai the blacksmith, father of three children, who upon his return from war became a herdsman, and his tragic love for the soldier’s widow Byubyudzhan. The lyrical poem has an additional storyline concerning the horse Gyulsary and his master Tanabai.

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass

About the Kirghiz aristocracy's attempt to battle the influx of Russian merchants in pre-Revolution days.

The Shelter for Majors

The Street

The small village "Besh-Kempir" is to be relocated — a reservoir is to flood this area. And although the people are somewhat apprehensive about the relocation, they imagine how they will live as a community on a single street

The Biography of a Young Accordian Player

The story of young accordionist who lives in a small post-war village on the south of Soviet Kazakhstan.

Dersu Uzala

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

Plot

Kalman, released from the colony under an amnesty, turns out to be the only one who comes to the aid of a woman whose child was kidnapped...

Men Without Women

A team of rescue workers do what they can in the desperate situation left by an earthquake in the Kyrgyz mountains.

Goodbye, Gyulsary!

The story of Tanabai the blacksmith, father of three children, who upon his return from war became a herdsman, and his tragic love for the soldier’s widow Byubyudzhan. The lyrical poem has an additional storyline concerning the horse Gyulsary and his master Tanabai.

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass

About the Kirghiz aristocracy's attempt to battle the influx of Russian merchants in pre-Revolution days.

The Shelter for Majors

The Street

The small village "Besh-Kempir" is to be relocated — a reservoir is to flood this area. And although the people are somewhat apprehensive about the relocation, they imagine how they will live as a community on a single street

Early Cranes

Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who are weak with hunger.

Red Poppies of Issyk-Kul

Directed by Bolotbek Shamshiyev, the movie shows Kyrgyzstan under early Soviet rule; and tells us about opium contrabanda across the border.

Epic of Love

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

Ak Möör

A poetic cinematic legend based on an ancient Kyrgyz folk tale. The film tells the tragic story of the all-conquering love between the beautiful Ak Moor and a simple young man named Bolot, who dared to challenge cruel feudal customs, social injustice, and the will of a wealthy nobleman.

I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe

The plot is based on events that took place during the severe drought of the early 1970s at the construction of the Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Station. The commissioning of the station's first phase was complicated by the fact that the water needed to start it was also desperately needed by the parched fields. There were many debates (with both personal and professional ambitions involved), and in the end, the problem was solved purely mathematically—rather than by agricultural engineering: salty water from the Kyrgyz Sea was diverted to the fields, while clean mountain river water was directed to the first turbines.

Dzhura

The end of the 1920s — the beginning of the 1930s in Kyrgyzstan. Parts of the Red Army are waging an uncompromising struggle with basmachi in Central Asia. The film tells about the formation of the character of the young Kyrgyz hunter Djura, who found himself in a swirling whirlpool of revolutionary events that swept the Pamirs. It shows the hard way from a simple young hunter, entangled in centuries of prejudice, to a conscious, seasoned in many battles with the Basmachi mature fighter, who believed in the great ideas of the revolution.

Amateur

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 shepherds. The first difficulties did not frighten Temir. Captivated by his new work, Ataev was able to win over the children, who were mostly from disadvantaged families, and restore order in the teaching staff.

I am Tian Shan

Ilyas loves driving through difficult mountain routes. It is here, in the mountains, that he meets Asel, falling in love at first sight. Since she is betrothed to another, the two decide to elope.

White Mountains

Mukash is chased by officials, learns of the devastation of war from a blind woman and helps her daughter to freedom beyond the river crossing, he, having to choose a tragic solution.

How a Son Saved His Father

After a brave young man disobeys the authorities by refusing to abandon his father, the old man covertly helps him by using his wisdom and wit.

Hamlet from Suzak

Repak does not get tired of chasing the ghost of a romantic life, although reality proves to him every time that such a life does not exist for him. The fate of the Rappak traces the fate of a whole generation who have not found their place in people's lives.

Once and for a Lifetime

The first post-revolutionary years in Kazakhstan, the period of formation of Soviet power. More than once, the bandits tried to deal with the singer of the people, the poet Erken, but could not silence him. It seemed that the earth itself kept him safe — he found shelter and help in the homes of the poor, escaped from prison, on the instructions of the Bolshevik committee, under the guise of a tramp, made his way to the south, explaining everywhere the advantages of Soviet power for the people. Erken carried his love for Aklima through his whole life. Having met her once in one of the villages, he could not forget a young woman whose fate was tragic.

Mother's Field

In a remote Kyrgyz village, a mother navigates daily life as her family is drawn into the upheaval of World War II. Left behind to tend the land and hold her household together, she clings to hope amid growing uncertainty. As seasons pass, the quiet weight of absence and memory shapes her world. A deeply personal story of endurance, Mother’s Field captures the emotional cost of war from the perspective of those who wait.

Anomaly

Follows the party worker who gave up his own child, and a young woman who left her baby in the garbage. After 19 years, it can be seen that the same boy and his mother are living together in a drug dispensary.

Kanybek

Kyrgyzstan of the 19th century. For his audacity, the rich Tyulkubek enslaves the poor young Kanybek. Kanybek runs into the mountains...

Manchurian Variant

In August 1945 Soviet agent Kasym-khan Chadiyarov (Asanali Ashimov) works undercover in Manchuria, impersonating a Japanese businessman Ishijima. His mission is to prepare forthcoming Soviet operations against the Japanese Kwantung Army.

Roads of Fire