Aktan Arym Kubat Movies

The second film by Kyrgyzstani director Aktan Arym Kubat (then credited by his Russian name Aktan Abdykalykov), it is the first of his...

The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He is the last link in a huge...

In a remote Kyrgyz village, Beshkempir, an infant foundling, is taken in by five older women and later adopted by a couple unable to bear children of...

A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into...

Aktan Abdykalikov's simple, clear-eyed poetry finds an elemental form here. Two twin brothers are walking down the road carrying a pail of water,...

An amnesiac old man Zarlyk who after twenty-three years of ordeal in a foreign land, returns to his homeland. Events take place in a village in...

A puzzling fable about human relations inspired by Samuel Beckett (in Kyrgyz, beket means station). At a bus stop amid a snowy winter landscape,...

20s south of Kyrgyzstan. Platoon commander Abysh Isaev arrives at the military garrison. His task, together with the red commander Valentin Ugryumov,...

The plot is based on events that took place during the severe drought of the early 1970s at the construction of the Toktogul Hydroelectric Power...

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...

In this animated film inspired by Kyrgyz fairy-tales, a skylark helps people solve their problems.

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

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

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...

After an injured wolf gets left behind by his wolf pack, a kind she-goat nurses him back to health.

The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul, known as the most...

The fate of stray dogs of town, who wander around seeking their puppies. There are different types of dogs: those who win at contests, those working...

A river reflects everything without carrying it away. But time — it takes everything away without reflecting anything... A story about...