20.01.2012 Programme Time:
21.00
Synopsis
In a small Kyrgyzstan village the teenage Begaim waits for her husband to return. He has left her soon after their marriage to work in Russia. She is heavily pregnant, and lives with her grandmother, Napisa, who treats her as a servant. While the husband sends money, he has stopped phoning Begaim.
Begaim is faced with betrayal by an absent husband, a cruel grandmother, and a life for her child with little hope. The conflicts are heightened at a party arranged by the grandmother for her friends, at which Begaim is forced to serve the guests, and sing for them.
Genre:
Short Fiction
Director:
Aygul Bakanov
Screenplay:
Aygul Bakanova
Director of photography:
Christine Lalla
Film Editing:
Shuang Zou
Producers:
Aygul Bakanova, Fyodor Druzin
Production Companies:
The London Film School and Aitysh Film
Cast:
Sezim Borkoeva, Jamal Seidakmatova
Duration:
16`29’’
Director Biography
Aygul Bakanova grew up in Kyrgyzstan. She studied International Journalism before starting her career writing for TV stations in Russia. After four years of television experience in Moscow, she entered the MA Filmmaking course at the London Film School. For her graduation project Aygul wrote, directed and co-produced a short story set in Kyrgyzstan, where she plans to pursue her career as writer/director. Currently, Aygul is working on her first feature drama.
Filmography: Kind of Love (2008), Satin (2008), The Song of The Rain (2011)
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