Kazakhstan

Explore our collection of classic and contemporary films from Kazakhstan.

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Films from this region

Yellow Cat
Yellow Cat
Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s deadpan crime caper follows a movie-obsessed ex-con with a dream on the run from the mob.
Comrade Policeman
Comrade Policeman
Assel Aushakimova’s satirical Kazakh short about the relationship between the media and the police.
The Gentle Indifference of the World
The Gentle Indifference of the World
Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s whimsical and satirical take on innocence, romance, and corruption in modern Kazakhstan.
Tulpan
Tulpan
Sergei Dvortsevoy’s award-winning tale of a wannabe shepherd looking for love on Kazakhstan’s desolate steppe.
Mariam
Mariam
When her husband vanishes, a mother must struggle for survival in remote Kazakhstan in this docufiction from Sharipa Urazbayeva.
Welcome to the USA
Welcome to the USA
In this confident debut film by Assel Aushakimova, a lesbian woman Aliya hesitates to leave Kazakhstan for the freedom of the United States.
The Needle
The Needle
Soviet rock legend Viktor Tsoi plays an enigmatic drifter trying to get his ex off heroin in Rachid Nougmanov’s Kazakh New Wave classic.
Kardiogramma
Kardiogramma
Darezhan Omirabev's delicately poetic film about a boy who on the road to a Kazakh sanatorium.