The Legend of Tomiris

The Legend of Tomiris 2019

6.91

This is the story of the life of the great queen of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.

2019

Nomad: The Warrior

Nomad: The Warrior 2005

5.20

The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.

2005

Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe

Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe 2012

7.20

A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers.

2012

Schizo

Schizo 2004

5.50

Fifteen year old Mustafa has a nickname Schizo. He is hired by his mother’s boyfriend to find fighters for illegal fistfights. His life is changed forever when a young man mortally beaten in one of the fights asks Schizo to deliver his prize money to his girlfriend and young son. Schizo takes the money to the woman as promised and falls in love with her. Now he knows for whom he has to make money, no matter what the cost. In fistfights there are no rules… until blood is spilled!

2004

A Friend of the Deceased

A Friend of the Deceased 1997

4.60

Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquaintance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges for the hit to be placed on himself. Before the contract is executed, he develops a relationship with a prostitute, and then changes his mind. In order to survive he takes the obvious course of action, which turns out to have possibly been unnecessary, and then he must deal with the guilt.

1997

I Won't Come Back

I Won't Come Back 2014

5.77

Anya, a young academic raised in an orphanage, is on the cusp of success when she’s accused of drug possession. While in limbo hiding from the police, she hits the road with Kristina, another orphan several years Anya’s junior, in search of her possibly mythical grandmother.

2014

Corn Island

Corn Island 2014

7.31

The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the belief of an old peasant, whose sunburned face resembles the landscape he has trodden for dozens of years.

2014

Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword

Kazakh Khanate: Diamond Sword 2017

4.80

Set in the 15th century, the story follows the formation of the Kazakh state after the death of Genghis Khan and the usurpation of power by one of Khan's descendants, leading the sultans Kerei and Janibek to resort to some nomadic tribes to remove the usurper, hoping for a better life and freedom.

2017

The Irony of Love

The Irony of Love 2010

5.10

An affair which starts as a bet between a three girls suddenly become a big love story...

2010

Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne

Kazakh Khanate: The Golden Throne 2019

5.20

XV century. In the vast expanses of Eurasia, the descendants of Genghis Khan create their own state. The promised land of Kazakh Khanate is resisting its enemies..

2019

The Road to Mother

The Road to Mother 2016

6.90

When the Soviets impose new ways of collective farming and permanent settlements on a region of nomadic dwellers, young Ilyas is separated from his mother, Mariam. Through decades of war, mother and son persevere in their efforts to be reunited.

2016

The Liquidator

The Liquidator 2011

4.60

A highly skilled bodyguard avenging his brother's untimely death uncovers a ring of corruption extending to the highest levels of society and government.

2011

Test

Test 2014

6.43

Set in 1949 on a remote farm near a nuclear testing site, Dina is living a quiet, unremarkable life with her father until two suitors enter her life.

2014

Leyla’s Prayer

Leyla’s Prayer 2002

5.00

A story about the blows inflicted on Kazakhstan by soviet government.

2002

Yellow Cat

Yellow Cat 2020

6.00

Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains. Will Kermek's love of Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them out of the violent clutches of the mafia?

2020

Astana, I Love You

Astana, I Love You 2012

1

A new project of Kazakhstani cinematographers under the general direction of Yegor Konchalovsky, which is a feature film. It consists of 10 unrelated film novellas directed by different directors. In its form, the project repeats the French "Paris, I love you", the American "New York, I love you", the Russian "Moscow, I love you!".

2012

El Freeman

El Freeman 2019

1

El is an immigrant hiding from the American authorities in Los Angeles. He lives in a car and works as a loader. El and his friend Arthur forge duplicate keys and steal from former clients. Once such a client turns out to be a wealthy but lonely old man Ambassador ...

2019

Student

Student 2012

5.40

Spurred by his own postmodern musings and the growing inequality, corruption, and kill-or-be-killed ethic of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, a solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime, which leads to growing guilt.

2012

The Old Man

The Old Man 2012

5.80

This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.

2012

Joker

Joker 2013

1

A mysterious monk with mystical powers issues a man a license to kill by imbuing him with the fighting skills necessary to avenge his brother’s death.

2013