Nurlan Alimzhanov: My Way into the Cinema
ASTANA – Nurlan Alimzhanov, who played the role of Nursultan Nazarbayev in the epic, “The Way of the Leader,” is one of seven recipients of the Zhas Tulpar award established by the Nur Otan party in honour of the eponymous youth movement of the 1960s. When asked what he felt playing the title role in…
Movie “Shal” Submitted for Oscars Consideration
Kazakhstan film officials are seeking to have the Kazakhstan film “Shal” (Old Man) included in the Best Foreign Films category in the next American Academy Awards, said Chairman of the Oscar committee in Kazakhstan Satybaldy Narymbetov. The film by director Yermek Tursunov has already been awarded the Grand Prix of the Open Film Festival of…
Kazakh Film Expert’s Book Presented In Moscow
ASTANA – “Makhmalbaf Film House,” by Gulnara Abikeyeva, was released by the New Literary Review, one of Russia’s top publishing houses. Gulnara Abikeyeva began cooperating with Iron Store, one of the publisher’s magazines, in 2009, when she published the article “Cinema and cultural influence in Central Asia,” which later became popular in the Internet. The…
Personal Exhibition of Young Kazakhstan Artist Takes Place in Paris
ASTANA-PARIS – The CROUS gallery in Paris is hosting a personal exhibition of a young Kazakhstan artist Kamilla Gabdullina titled “Knots and hands”. Kamilla Gabdullina’s works definitely leave an impression….
