Pure Coolness

A puzzling fable about human relations inspired by Samuel Beckett (in Kyrgyz, beket means station). At a bus stop amid a snowy winter landscape, people wait. A boy, an adult, and an old man are at first joined by a woman, and then a disruptive drunk.

Twelve-year-old Jekshen, an exceptional runner, lives in a beautiful mountain village in Kyrgyzstan. His parents are divorced, and life with his alcoholic father is difficult. Lonely Jekshen only has his girlfriend from school and his father’s friends for support. They encourage him to take part in a big race—a race that could change his life for the better.

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 racehorse at night. A story inspired by the myth when horses became the wings of men.

Episodic portrait of the absurdities of Kyrgyz village life in the summer.

A family of nomads lives in the remote high mountains of Kyrgyzstan...

The second film by Kyrgyzstani director Aktan Arym Kubat (then credited by his Russian name Aktan Abdykalykov), it is the first of his autobiographical Kurak ("Quilt") Trilogy, followed by Beshkempir (The Adopted Son, 1998) and The Chimp (2001). Идиллия детства, радости, игры разрушается с возвращением в маленькое горное село моряка. В прекрасный мир девушки, мальчика и юродивого врывается великолепная морская форма с клешами и бескозыркой, и волшебная морская ракушка - источник всех их будущих бед.

Two fishermen, grandfather Ignatyich and grandson Lyokha, are fishing near the Big Chkalov Canal. A girl approaches the bridge behind them and suddenly she falls off the bridge. The grandfather and grandson manage to save her. Upon arrival at Ignatyich's house, she wakes up and cannot remember her name or where she comes from. Thanks to grandma Frosya, frame by frame, she recalls her difficult past.

A girl from Nepal, Hema, comes to Kyrgyzstan and finds Kairat to give him a letter from her mother Uma. From the letter we learn that they met 40 years ago when Kairat mistook Uma for the Indian actress Hema Malini.

A man is walking across the field, his way is barred by the endless train. Suddenly a wonderful stranger appears.

As his city faces the threat of being conquered by an evil lord, a brave boy decides to take matters in his own hands.