Kirghizfilm Filmes

A slice of cheese dances with a small sausage on an empty plate.

An evocative animated film on the life and works of the great Kyrgyz poet Alykul Osmonov.

The death of their exceptional father shakes the Shatmanov family to its core, forcing them to reflect on the past and future. Erkin, who has built a...

A boy raises a wolf cub, but when released into the wild, it returns to attack him.

Dyuishen is assigned to the mountainous Kirghiz region of Central Asia by the Young Communist League after he is discharged from the Red Army. It is...

Feature made for Kyrgyz television by Melis Ubukeyev (White Mountains).

In a remote Kyrgyz village, Dzhamilya follows her parents' orders when she marries a man without loving him. Then World War II breaks out and her new...

A resplendent documentary about the ancient art of carpet weaving, the poetics of carpet patterns, and their spiritual and national significance for...

An inside look at life in the Alay Valley, a dry and picturesque expanse in southern Kyrgyzstan.

A parable about an evil dragon who has captured the “magic light”, without which people are forced to live in darkness. Mother Earth...

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...

Just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, perestroika gave Chinghiz Aitmatov the opportunity to reflect on the goals and ideals of socialism and...

A village boy awaits his father's return from the front. Though he doesn't yet know the alphabet, he begins composing letters and enrolls in school...

Several passengers are rushing on a train to an unknown destination, each with their own problems.

The Russian Descendant of the Snow Leopard is based on a famous Kirghizian folktale. Apparently the Kirghizian folks had plenty of time to tell this...

A Kirghiz adventure film combining documentary and fictional elements.

A lyrical film essay on the city of Bishkek (then named Frunze) in the early 1980s.

The people around Tolen Mamytbekov, a driller in the geological team, didn’t think much of him — he was a disorganized man and fond of...