Berik

In spring 1940, renowned Chinese composer Xian Xinghai arrived in the Soviet Union to compose a soundtrack for the documentary 'Yanan and the 8th Army'. He finished his work and was about to return home when World War II broke out, leading to his evacuation to Almaty. Alone and confused, he accidentally finds refuge under the roof of the local philharmonic, where a field hospital is set up in the hall, and an orchestra rehearses on stage under the guidance of Baikadamov. Unaware of who he is, Baikadamov offers the composer a place to stay and work, thus beginning an extraordinary friendship and inspiring creative alliance.

Drama

Biography

Historical

Kazakhstan

China

Composer

The Composer

Aldik finds himself imprisoned due to drug trafficking charges. However, just prior to his court appearance, he strikes a bargain with the authorities that might be his final opportunity for redemption.

Sheker. Posledniy shans

Sheker. Последний шанс

This epic historical drama is dedicated to the great military leader and reformer Kasym-Khan, who played a pivotal role in strengthening the Kazakh Khanate. His strategic decisions become crucial to the fate of the Khanate, with one of his most significant achievements being the adoption of the legal code 'Қасым ханның қасқа жолы'. Director Akan Satayev transports viewers to the 16th century, during a tumultuous time for the Khanate. The plot centers on two brothers, Kasym-Khan and Burunduk, who together confront the threats posed by Muhammad Shaybani, an Uzbek ruler seeking to expand his influence. The story unfolds not only around external threats but also the internal strife between the brothers.

Dawn of the Great Steppe

Ұлы Дала Таңы

This biographical film explores the life of the renowned Kazakh wrestler, Kazhimukan Munaitpasov. Audiences will journey with the hero from his birth through his final days, witnessing significant historical events including the civil war, famine, mass terror, and the Great Patriotic War. The film showcases Kazhimukan's rise to international fame as a world champion wrestler, illustrating the strength derived from his homeland and people. It's a tale of triumph, adversity, love, and betrayal that will resonate with all viewers.

Qazhimuqan

Қажымұқан

A group of filmmakers from Kazakhstan and Russia are preparing to shoot a documentary about the campaigns of Alexander the Great. They will soon depart from Almaty to Afghanistan. Among them is a young woman named Dinara. Her lover tries to dissuade her from this dangerous journey, but she is adamant. The young man then turns to his father, Marat Ayumov, a war veteran who lost his leg in Afghanistan, for help. However, Marat chooses a different approach: he volunteers to accompany the group as a guide, as he has unfinished business left there.

Russia

Return to «A»

Возвращение в «А»

Tamara lives with her son Timka in a dilapidated house. When chaos breaks out in their village and Timka disappears, Tamara seeks help from the police. At the same time, the station is attacked by a gang of marauders. They brutally deal with the police, but accidentally overlook an informant nicknamed Brayuk, who was brought here to torture other prisoners. Tamara and Brayuk find themselves trapped together. To survive, cunning Brayuk decides to bribe the marauders by claiming that Tamara will pay $5000 for help in finding her son. The marauders release them with an escort, from which Brayuk soon cleverly escapes. He tries to leave Tamara alone in the steppe, but when she continues to follow him - he puts a gun to her head.

Steppenwolf

Дала қасқыры

Elderly couple Nurzhan and Salima dream of grandchildren, but their unmarried son is in no hurry to make them happy. He's waiting for true love, which doesn't seem to come. Fortunately, his father recalls an old Kazakh tradition where he had agreed to marry their children to a close friend's. The son, Baurzhan, goes to the city to meet his betrothed, only to find that the beautiful Ayzhan is already preparing to marry someone else. Ayzhan agrees to help Baurzhan find the perfect bride, starting with a beauty contest.

Comedy

Family

16 Girls

16 қыз

Three bandits who hijacked a cash-in-transit vehicle and stole a huge sum of money find themselves in more trouble than they bargained for. After their heist goes awry, attracting more attention than expected, they decide to lay low in a modest roadside diner. However, their misfortunes continue as two law enforcers decide to dine there and the shrewd owner demands his cut. Caught between a rock and a hard place, the robbers must choose between sharing, running, or fighting for their loot.

Crime

Inseparable

Неделимое

Queen Tomyris, leading the Scythians, engages in a deadly battle with the powerful Persian King Cyrus to protect her people and lands. The plot is based not only on epic battles but also on the internal struggle of the heroine herself, who has lost her son and is experiencing the bitterness of loss and revenge. Tomyris faces a difficult choice: to seek revenge for her loved ones or to preserve the honour and future of her people. The wise and strong woman becomes a symbol of struggle, sacrifice, and spiritual strength in harsh historical realities.

Action

Tomiris

Томирис

Arsen is a young bodyguard with an acute sense of justice. Recently, he suffered a heavy loss: his older brother died under mysterious circumstances. Investigating the incident, Arsen comes to a shocking conclusion - his brother was murdered. Now Arsen is obsessed with finding the truth. His goal is not only to find the perpetrators but also to reach the crime's masterminds. His investigation leads him higher up the power ladder and into dangerous circles, from which it's almost impossible to escape alive.

Thriller

The Liquidator

Ликвидатор

Samat is no longer young, well into his 30s, and still single. Loneliness weighs on him more and more, especially as everyone around him marries and throws lavish children's birthday parties. Seeing Samat's suffering, his friend Baurzhan, who has recently sorted out his own love life, decides to help. They set off together to the city in search of Baurzhan's bride. Fatefully, the friends end up with a stolen Qin Dynasty vase. Now, Samat not only has to find his future wife but prove to everyone that he is not a smuggler.

The Most Beautiful. 16 Girls — 2

Ең сұлу. 16 қыз — 2

The film tells the story of a boy named Ilyas, who from an early age, faces the tragedies that shook his country: hunger, war, and repression. Separated from his mother, he finds himself in an orphanage, but even in the bleakest conditions, Ilyas never loses hope. He believes, beyond the horizon, his mother still waits for him. Years pass, and Ilyas goes to the front, showing exceptional courage fighting for his homeland. Meanwhile, his mother, Mariam, never stops believing that one day she will hold her son again. Throughout their lives, long years of separation and fear persist, but a mother's love remains the bright beacon that guides Ilyas through all trials and losses.

The Road to Mother

Анаға апарар жол

This cinematic saga unfolds around five pairs who hold extravagant monthly dinner events, escalating them into an actual competition of aspirations. Each meeting grows more extravagant until the day when the hosts reveal that the forthcoming dinner will be held in a foreign land - Cambodia. Nevertheless, the anticipated holiday rapidly morphs into an unexpected sequence of extraordinary occurrences.

Гәп

Young Zere lives in a tiny fishing village on the coast of Balkhash. Tragedy recently struck her family when their father Kadyr drowned with a boat he borrowed from local vagabond Makosh. Makosh demands compensation, but Zere's mother lacks the funds. Their family teeters on the brink of destitution. Desperate to secure a future for her daughter, Zere's mother plans to marry her off to a wealthy but old man. Zere, however, vehemently opposes this, refusing to be sold like cattle. Moreover, her heart belongs to a local boy, and the feeling is mutual. But it seems that no one cares about Zere's opinion.

Zere

Зере

Mustafa Shokay, a prominent politician of the first half of the 20th century, aspired to unite the people of Central Asia into a large, peaceful Turkic state. His activities drew the attention of the totalitarian regime, and his ideas were labeled anti-Soviet. Mustafa Shokay had to flee, wandering through the Caucasus, Turkey, France with his loyal wife Maria, who sacrificed her brilliant opera career for him. Even far from his homeland, he lived for its needs and aspirations, doing everything possible and sometimes impossible to realize his idealistic dream of Turkestan's independence.

Berik Aitzhanov: фильмография