18Khz

Farkhat Sharipov / Kazakhstan

DISCOVERIES SECTION

SCREENING

CINEMES GIRONA
Friday 5th November, 22:00h

BUY TICKETS

INFORMATION

Director: Farkhat Sharipov
Year: 2020
Duration: 82’
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama

SYNOPSIS

Gulnara lost her ring and suspects that her teenage son Sanjar stole it. Meanwhile, Sanjar is passionate by exploring life with his best friend, Jaga. They spend all the time together dreaming about freedom and discovering all the prohibited places with ‘no entry’ signs. This choral film shows us the nightlife in a Kazakh city that wants to be modern and has a new rebellious youth that turns the established order upside down.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Farkhat Sharipov was born in 1983, Almaty, USSR. In 2007 he graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts and a year later from the New York Film Academy. In 2010, his first feature film, The Tale of a Pink Bunny, won the Main Competition at the Eurasia International Film Festival, and 4+1 was premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. The Secret of a Leader (2018) won Grand Prix at the Moscow International Film Festival.

VIEW ALL FILMS BY COUNTRY

1990

Lkhagvaa Dashsambuu - 2020

A’HR

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan - 2020

Wind

Dadren Wanggyal - 2020