Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 88'
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Based on true events, The Gift tells the tragic story of Arno, a seven-year-old girl that lives in a remote pastureland of Central Asia who is led to believe that the mole on her lip is a gift from God that will make all her wishes come true. Arno’s father is a horse farmer whose strongest wish is to have a son, a desire rooted in the old family tradition that favors sons over daughters, and Arno, who loves her father deeply and suffers from seeing him unhappy that his family lineage may not continue, offers the unconventional solution of becoming the boy her father never had. However, he refuses this absurd suggestion, and Arno’s doubt about his love for her threatens to break their spiritual relationship. Meanwhile, the world of this family and their nomadic community is about to be destroyed by the encroaching of modern civilization.
Director
Dalmira is a film director, screenwriter and poet that has more than 20 years’ experience of working in film and literature. She graduated from the Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek (Philology faculty), the High Courses for Filmmakers and Scriptwriters in Moscow, and from the New York Film Academy (Producing class) in Los Angeles. She has made numerous documentaries and short films in Russia and Kyrgyzstan. Her first feature film Under Heaven (2015) has won several awards and prizes, such as the Special Jury Mention for Best Feature Film Debut in 2015 at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Grand-Prix as well as the NETPAC prize at the Bengaluru International Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the New York International Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award in Yakutsk (Russia). The Gift is her second feature film. She is a member of NETPAC, the Director’s Guild of Russia and the Union of Filmmakers in Kyrgyzstan.
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