SYNOPSIS
This is a story about Almaty, and about a teenage girl, Ainur, whose life is quite ordinary: there is school, a boy she fancies, a drunken stepfather, a friend on drugs, a sort of friend, a pregnant mother… problems, quiet joys and an opinion of her own. She begins to see a different Almaty – a city that loses the charm it has for a child and acquires a new look, a new quality. We see Almaty through the girl’s eyes, a girl with a world of her own world, but who has to live in this world – the world of others. One more harsh remark, a remark that may be just another harsh word, which shows no compassion as it has become the norm.
Abai Kulbai - director, scriptwriter. In 199 4 enrolled in the course for film direction at the Zhurgenov Art Academy in Almaty (class of Ardak Amirkulov). Participated in the Cinefondation programme (France) in 2006-7.
Filmography
2000 The Potter (Goncharka) - prize for best film about teenagers at the festiva 'Look afresh'
2000 The Apple (Yabloko) - prize for the best film debut at the festival Shaken's Stars
2001 300 km
2005 The Touch (Prikosnovenie) - special jury prize at the festival Shaken's Stars
2007 Strizh - prize in the Central-Asian and Turkic-language competition, Eurasia 2007
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