Mirlan Abdykalykov

Birth : 1982-07-03, Kyrgyzstan

History

In 2004 Mirlan ABDYKALYKOV graduated from Kyrgyz National State University, Journalism faculty. Prior to this, between 1990 and 2001, he played lead role in three films directed by Aktan ABDYKALYKOV (Swing, The Adopted Son and The Chimp). 2010-2017 he worked as First assistant director at The Light Thief and Centaur by Aktan Arym KUBAT. In 2010 debuted as film director with short fiction film Pencil Against Ants and in 2015 he made his first feature Heavenly Nomadic.

Profile

Movies

Running to the Sky

Writer

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.

Running to the Sky

Director

Heavenly Nomadic

Director

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

The Chimp

The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in central Asia. His family is being torn apart by his dad's alcoholism, his emotions are being torn as he sees his friends pair off into couples, and his job working on the railtracks is uninspiring.

The Adopted Son

Beshkempir

In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he's starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he's a foundling. A death in the family pushes Beshkempir even faster toward adult roles: he must brush tears from his eyes, lead a funeral procession, and reconcile with his friend. Then, he borrows a bicycle and calls on Aynura: courtship begins.

Bus Stop

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.

The Swing

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.

This Is What I Remember

A man who has lost his memory while working in Russia and returns to Kyrgyzstan for the first time in 20 years.