Kyrgyzstan Movies

Sent to work at the local billiards club, 12-year-old Saykal is coming to terms with the changes that mark her transition into adolescence.

A documentary film about the representation of the Kyrgyz culture in the USSR, as well as the reality of Kyrgyz dancers in Russia.

A Muslim man, who lives by the rules of sharia law, is challenged on his person and his faith when a highly pregnant woman needs his boat, his ores...

In one village in Kyrgyzstan there is a stone that looks like a woman. According to local beliefs, a young woman, having quarreled with her husband...

The hunter's daughter and the young wolf unexpectedly rescue each other while wandering in the forest in search of their parents. Upon finding them,...

The daughter of a wealthy family, Aizhan, is subjected to witchcraft - her relatives turn to a clairvoyant, who casts a spell. As a result of the...

Film student fails to complete her senior project while fighting with her critical father and getting dumped by her boyfriend.

An elderly man, a shoemaker, lived alone for many years. His quiet life away from people takes a completely different turn when his radio breaks...

This film tells the story of a young, 22-year-old doctor who decieded to work in a valley with severe climate conditions, where no other doctor...

The collapse of the Soviet Union itself is encoded in Zikir, by Kyrgyz director Shamil Japparov, completed on the cusp of post-Soviet independence....

With talk of Soviet Cosmonauts just then in space, Kenzhe, the youngest son of the family, does not want to be part of the ‘train’ of...

Anara is a nine-year old girl, who lives with her two grandmothers in Engilchek (Enilchek), a former Soviet militarized “secret city” in...

Kyrgyz horror film

The four-part documentary film "President" chronicles Sadyr Zhaparov's journey from opposition figure and prisoner to the head of state, highlighting...

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A fire broke out in the house of a young family in a village on the outskirts of the city, where their child died. According to the neighbors, the...

A film tapestry that weaves together different Kyrgyzstan’s colonial and postcolonial histories as well as the filmmaker’s personal...