Kyrgyzstan Movies

Traditionally a woman receives a pair of earrings as a gift when a man proposes to her. They might not be previously acquainted and their marriage...

In Kyrgyz tradition, various cosmic customs existed that were associated with braiding, letting hair loose, and cutting. The ritual of hair braiding...

Ever since drinking water began flowing into the village's homes, Bermet's world seems to have turned upside down. Now, no one goes to the spring,...

On the battlefield, asoldier is struck by abullet and loses his consciousness. When he comes to his senses, he finds himself in another world. He...

Each September, Bolot Tagaev and his family practice a centuries old tradition, harvesting walnuts in one of the oldest walnut forests in Kyrgyzstan....

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,...

Young Altyn eagerly leaves pastoral life behind for the modern comforts of the capital, but soon finds a corrupted society clashing with the values...

In Kyrgyz culture, male circumcision matters. The hero of the film is a boy who was left out of sight of his parents. Guys - peers - mock him. The...

In Kyrgyzstan, a growing number of young people are preparing to migrate to Germany to work as nurses. A training program places them in elderly care...

Carla who is visually impaired starts to cross the grassland of Kyrgyzstan with her father.

Bayaman, a young documentarian, becomes intrigued for the first time in his life by how his mother Rakhat manages to work at the maternity ward as an...

Two fishermen, grandfather Ignatyich and grandson Lyokha, are fishing near the Big Chkalov Canal. A girl approaches the bridge behind them and...

Women around the world are often subject to harmful stereotypes depicting them as being weaker or inferior to men. The world of sports is no...

The young polygraph maintenance specialist firmly believes that technology will replace humanity. When distrust of the woman he loves creeps into his...

Just before their wedding, doctors discover signs of a life-threatening disease in Adam. Not wanting to spoil the life of his fiancee, Adam tries to...

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

Orozbek, a joyful boy who loves to draw, lives with his grandmother in a remote village deep in the snowy mountains. He has to walk a long distance...