The Poet: Becoming

The Skies of Our Childhood

Bakai is an old shepherd who lives in the country while his children have long grown accustomed to life in the city. When his youngest son pays him a visit, Bakai wants him to stay and help with the rigors of rural living.

Tolubay The Critic

Tolubay, a connoisseur of horses, and his grandson get in trouble with a Khan due to his strict but correct opinions on horses.

Phantoms Trapped in Stone

The journey of sculptor Akzholtoy begins with a somber telegram: Esengeldi, a close family friend, has passed away. Returning to his village with his mother to honor the memory of Esengeldi, Akzholtoy finds himself enveloped by the echoes of his own distant childhood.

The Whip

A history of man subjugating nature told through the medium of cave art.

Burma

A story about the life of an old woman named Burma. Coarsened and hardened in soul, she becomes attached and imbued with maternal love for a strange boy and feels happy.

Superpoodle

A once-mighty lion is now too old to hunt. A vulture tells him to join a zoo. Will the lion choose freedom or a comfortable life behind bars?

Numbers Quarrel

As numbers quarrel after disagreeing which number is the strongest, two children realize the true meaning of strength in numbers.

Old Meke and the Black Giant

A brave old man accepts a challenge to a fight with an evil giant.

Cosmonauts Street

A film about boys dreaming of becoming astronauts. Two friends built an entire spaceport, stole their friend’s puppy Sharik for experiments and renamed him Marsik, trained by eating only herring paste from a tube, and fought with a greedy speculator named Zakurdaev, who mined his garden to keep the boys from sneaking in.

Two Little Hares

In a family of hares, one brother is docile and one is adventurous. When the two face danger, their friendship is tested.

Olokon

After falling prey to an eagle, a young hunter named Olokon has to find his way out of an eagle's nest and fights a dragon to save his new friends.

The Lame Wolf

After an injured wolf gets left behind by his wolf pack, a kind she-goat nurses him back to health.

Swans Arrive Here

Teenager Mukai spends most of the year in a remote Kyrgyz village with his grandmother while his parents work in a secluded mountain area. At thirteen, he is considered an adult by local standards. Mukai helps adults with logging, visits his father in the mountains, takes his grandmother to Lake Issyk-Kul where she first met Mukai's grandfather, herds horses to the dock, and interacts with city visitors at the lake.

The Portrait

A capricious lord who is blind in one eye orders a portrait from three painters, threatening to condemn them to death should the results displease him.

Man Is Stronger Than Fortress

A young man agrees to be buried in a rampart to save his community from invaders.

Akyl Karachach

Inspired by Kyrgyz fairy-tales. When people have to select a new lord, they turn to a falcon for help.

Mary Kom

A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.

The Damned United

Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

The Ron Clark Story

Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman searches for the remains of her grandfather's father and discovers the story of an idealistic young teacher from Tarragona.