Ilya Gariyev

This is the story of a teenage illegal migrant girl Ademoka who lives in Kazakhstan and is forced to be a beggar to survive. But at the same time she’s bright and talented and dreams of studying all the time. Her illegal status and absence of citizenship is a serious obstacle for that.

The Kazakh village Karatas has long been subjugated by a criminal boss called Poshaev. He provides housing and jobs for the locals but will ruthlessly execute anyone who dares to oppose him. This is the lesson the pauper Arzu is about to learn first-hand—his wife Karina has informed the police about the crimes that are taking place there. Arzu is a cripple; now he must raise his little daughter alone. He is so helpless and grief-stricken that he doesn’t even seem to be contemplating revenge. Poshaev takes him under his wing and offers him the position of a guard at a building site. Soon Arzu has a chance to prove his loyalty, and he becomes Poshaev’s right hand. But where do Arzu’s real loyalties lie—with his boss or with the idea of justice?

테러리스트로 보이는 정체불명의 사람들이 카라타스 마을의 한 학교를 점거하여 아이들을 인질로 잡아두고 어떤 협상도 하지 않고 있다. 게다가 거센 눈보라로 외부와의 통신이 끊겨 경찰 역시 지원군을 요청할 수 없다. 그러던 중, 인질로 잡힌 한 아이가 목숨을 잃게 되고, 지역 교사인 타즈시는 인질로 잡힌 아이들의 부모들과 함께 테러리스트를 공격할 팀을 조직한다.

Selkeu Uashev is a local police officer at Karatas village. He’s not a man of high morals and can hardly be called a role model as a policeman. He turns a deaf ear to lots of criminal offences and takes bribes. For that he’s loved a lot by local criminals and frauds. But one day the commission arrives from the city to declare the big audit all over the village due to pandemic…

Tolik, a bread delivery man, lives with his pregnant wife Altynai, his two daughters– Saule who is about to enter college and her younger sister— and a somewhat selfish father. The family is already drowning in debt. Meanwhile, Saule becomes pregnant, and Tolik and Altynai are insulted by her boyfriend′s parents. Tolik goes to complain to his only friend, Baur, but Baur collapses from a heart attack while dancing.

Life in Karatas Village runs along an untroubled path, until its patriarchal way of life is challenged by Ulbolsyn, a woman whose coldblooded heart and blazing temperament are not afraid of setting everything on fire.

카자흐스탄의 시골 마을에서 한 소년이 살해되는 사건이 발생한다. 벡자트 형사는 현지 경찰관들이 용의자를 찾아내자 가능한 빨리 이 사건 수사를 종결할 작정이었다. 그러나 도시에서 한 기자가 마을을 찾아오면서, 모든 것이 수포로 돌아간다.

주인공 케르메크는 형기를 마치고 고향으로 돌아오는데, 그는 모든 것이 과거와 다르다는 것을 직감한다. 가혹한 범행을 서슴지 않는 범죄조직이 고향을 지배하고 있는 것이다. 케르메크는 이 범죄조직의 압력에 시달리고, 결국 범죄에 휘말린다. 그가 가지고 있는 유일한 희망은 연인 에바와 함께 자유를 찾아 떠나 극장을 짓는 것이다.

The film tells the story of a street thug Atbai, who decides to take part in MMA tournament, where the winners are already decided. But Atbai is going to win, because for him this victory is a chance to start a new life: to return to big sports and to get his beloved woman back.

Colored hair, earrings in ears, bright clothes - an image that is very different from the Kazakh standard of masculinity. This is how the main characters of this, members of the Kazakhstani group Ninety One, look like. Many will not find anything unusual in the image of the musicians, however, the group’s popularity among Kazakh-speaking teenagers caused a great indignation of part of society, which led to street protests, disruptions of concerts and pressure from the authorities. The appearance of Ninety One revealed a whole layer of social and cultural conflicts within Kazakhstani society - between urban and rural culture, between traditionalism and globalization, between the vertical of power and personal freedom.

The past must remain in the past. However, old Kasymych returns to the places of his childhood in order to relive again and again the best moments of a bygone life. But what is left of his childhood today? Is anyone waiting for him in the past?

The past must remain in the past. However, old Kasymych returns to the places of his childhood in order to relive again and again the best moments of a bygone life. But what is left of his childhood today? Is anyone waiting for him in the past?

The 30-year-old Iskander is a food-photographer who, due to his own indecision, experiences a crisis both in his work and in his sexual relation with his colleague and beloved Laura. He wants to change his situation by completing a promising project for a popular fast food chain. Because of a «red level of terrorist threat» in the city, while he’s working he ends up locked in a fast food with a random customer, Anat. The two have sex, then Iskander backs out, but Anat finds a way to get satisfaction. She teaches him not to be afraid of mistakes. Iskander gains self-confidence and shows his courage in his job and in sex with Laura, who finally gives him her respect and love.

할머니의 집을 팔기 위해 귀향한 디나라를 옛 친구들이 방문한다. 이들은 자신들이 저지른 살인을 무마하기 위해 디나라가 가진 돈이 필요하다. 집 판매 대금을 주기 거절하는 디나라. 친구들은 디나라를 감금하고 그들의 기묘한 동거가 시작된다.