Bolat Kalymbetov

Story of a man named Sayan, that had to live through harsh 1990s and make tough decisions.

Serikpai and Amir grow up without a father, who once went to work in Russia, but never returned. They are waiting for him and hoping. Waiting for her husband and wife Polina. She remembers the short happiness of her former life. She tries to resist the current life, but it is given to her at too high a price…

After graduating from school, Zholaman comes to the Mangyshlak peninsula and becomes an oil worker. Viewers will learn about how he grows up and matures, about his friends and his first youthful love…

Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages to free herself from the family, when they get deported she has to choose between family and education. She gets helped on the way by some oddball characters, who come to her aid against the corrupt system and the patriarchal family.

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…

In the center of the plot are three friends, three old men who swore in the name of the happiness of their friend Kaltay to marry him, no matter what. They do not suspect that soon they will have to get into the whirlpool of incredible, but fun adventures. Especially since love is the cause of everything.

Seker is a girl who was raised as a son by a father who wanted his first child to be a boy as tradition in the countryside family demands. When Seker approaches the age of adolescence she faces a mandate from the local school: put on a dress or don't return. So finally gaining her father's permission she turns from a fist-fighting boy into a blossoming young girl.

A story about two friends-pilots who despite of having a bit of trouble with luck don't give up on hope & optimism.

The famous striker of the capital's football team Askar Temirov, having said goodbye to big sports, returns to his hometown to train the regional team.

The film takes place near the border outpost "Red Stones". Three guys: the grandson of a herdsman, his cousin, who came on vacation from the city and the daughter of the head of the frontier post, met by chance in the Kazakh border steppes, where they spent time playing games. But when the real danger comes to replace the games, the guys proved to be real border guards.

A biographical film about the life of Gani Muratbaev, the founder of the Komsomol in the Kazakh SSR .

A gripping coming-of-age film that follows a group of teenagers as they navigate the challenges of growing up and chasing their dreams in a tough world. As they navigate the complexities of adolescence, the boys find themselves confronted with a variety of obstacles, from family problems and peer pressure to poverty and violence. Some turn to music as a means of expression, others are tempted by the allure of fast money and easy thrills, flirting with a life of crime. But no matter what path they choose, they are united by a deep-seated desire to succeed and find their place in the world.

An old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old lady, Kulpash, since high school. So they've been together for forty years. And maybe even more. Shorty also has two restless friends: Baybet and Saskebai, who were once in love with Kulpash. And then one day…

A restless schoolboy Aituar finds a mysterious old sword on the outskirts of the village. The boy has no idea what an incredible adventure this find will turn out for him.

The hero of the film Max secretly meets with the girlfriend of the mafia Ahmedya, Aizhan. Ahmedya finds them together and puts Max in the trunk, where there is already a guy from the village of Kayyrly tan, who also crossed the path of the mafia. That's where the adventures begin...

An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide some of the gold and take it abroad. In pursuit of the golden caravan, an unthinkable deadly battle unfolds.

To speed up Japan's entry into the war against the USSR, Hitler sent his emissary to Tokyo. The route of his plane lay through the territory of Kazakhstan, where refueling was to take place. This operation was codenamed "Panther".

A man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what they had done. The investigator of the prosecutor's office Ilyas Sadykov had only to issue documents. But something in the testimony of the defendants alerted him, and Sadykov started the investigation anew...

The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal and instrumental ensembles and pop singers. They are shooting their picture in Kazakhstan at the Medeo high-altitude skating rink.

The events of a dynamic, action-packed film take place in the 20s. The main character of the picture is the red commander Rude, a man unrestrainedly brave, courageous and devoted to his work. His opponent is the cunning, insidious and elusive ataman Kudre. Tracking down his gang, Hamit at some point falls into a trap himself and becomes a prisoner of the chieftain.

The first post-revolutionary years in Kazakhstan, the period of formation of Soviet power. More than once, the bandits tried to deal with the singer of the people, the poet Erken, but could not silence him. It seemed that the earth itself kept him safe — he found shelter and help in the homes of the poor, escaped from prison, on the instructions of the Bolshevik committee, under the guise of a tramp, made his way to the south, explaining everywhere the advantages of Soviet power for the people. Erken carried his love for Aklima through his whole life. Having met her once in one of the villages, he could not forget a young woman whose fate was tragic.

The writer Bektas-agha, arriving in his native village, remembers his childhood: his mother died early, his careless father, who married the beautiful Kulimbala, the teacher Sagatbai. It was a time of collectivization. Bai and his henchmen, playing on the feelings of people expecting hunger, persuaded the collective farmers to barytma — stealing the herd from the neighbors. The members of the cell offered to punish all the perpetrators, but they made up the majority of the residents of the village. The teacher convinced that it is impossible to punish the people for their darkness, it is necessary to find the instigators. So, overcoming their illiteracy, the resistance of the Bay bandits, the collective farmers gradually improved their lives.

One summer, four guys met on the shore of the Gulf of Riga. Azamat came from Kazakhstan. His uncle, a partisan, went missing on Latvian soil. Katya is from Leningrad, and Arvid and Yazep are Latvians. Arvid's mother lived in Kazakhstan during the evacuation, Yazep's uncle and his grandfather were also partisans. The military past brought the guys closer together. The trip to the places of partisan battles was not easy for the friends, but they learned a lot about the events that took place in Latvia during the war.

The film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture.

The worker Adam, a man angular and a little funny, did not have a personal life or business at work for a long time. It was only out of respect for his mother that Adam was enlisted in the squad of high-rise installers. But as soon as the guy started his new duties, a "burning" ticket to a high-altitude campsite turned up. The unexpected adventures that happened to him in the mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau became special days in his life...

A young miner Ahan is fond of photo hunting. During one of the trips to the mountains, he photographed poachers at the crime scene. Despite threats and blackmail, Ahan exposes the criminals...

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