Bolat Kalymbetov

The Boyz (2023)

A gripping coming-of-age film that follows a group of teenagers as they navigate the challenges of growing up and chasing their dreams in a tough world. As they navigate the complexities of adolescence, the boys find themselves confronted with a variety of ...

Ademoka’s Education (2022)

Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages t ...

Herd Immunity (2021)

Selkeu Uashev is a local police officer at Karatas village. He's not a man of high morals and can hardly be called a role model as a policeman. He turns a deaf ear to lots of criminal offences and takes bribes. For that he's loved a lot by local criminals ...

Mukagali: Backstage (2021)

The Old Woman (2014)

An old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old lady, Kulpash, since high school. So they've been together for forty years. And maybe even more. Shorty also ha ...

Sword of Victory (2012)

A restless schoolboy Aituar finds a mysterious old sword on the outskirts of the village. The boy has no idea what an incredible adventure this find will turn out for him. ...

Late Love (2010)

In the center of the plot are three friends, three old men who swore in the name of the happiness of their friend Kaltay to marry him, no matter what. They do not suspect that soon they will have to get into the whirlpool of incredible, but fun adventures. ...

Once in the Trunk (2010)

The hero of the film Max secretly meets with the girlfriend of the mafia Ahmedya, Aizhan. Ahmedya finds them together and puts Max in the trunk, where there is already a guy from the village of Kayyrly tan, who also crossed the path of the mafia. That's wh ...

Seker (2009)

Seker is a girl who was raised as a son by a father who wanted his first child to be a boy as tradition in the countryside family demands. When Seker approaches the age of adolescence she faces a mandate from the local school: put on a dress or don't retur ...

Mother's Paradise (2009)

Serikpai and Amir grow up without a father, who once went to work in Russia, but never returned. They are waiting for him and hoping. Waiting for her husband and wife Polina. She remembers the short happiness of her former life. ...

Racketeer (2007)

Set in the early 1990s in Almaty, the film follows Sayan, a promising young boxer who decides to punch his way into a better life by joining a local criminal gang. As he climbs the ranks of the underworld, he quickly learns that the path of a racketeer com ...

Ompa (1998)

A story about two friends-pilots who despite of having a bit of trouble with luck don't give up on hope & optimism. ...

Stranger (1993)

The stranger is John, an American visiting Kazakhstan as part of an exchange programme for "medical expertise". He meets the local people who lead a free and simple life. With his new friends, John will live through a series of adventures. He spends four v ...

Who Are You, Horseman? (1987)

An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide some of the gold and take it abroad. In pursuit of the golden caravan, an unthinkable deadly battle unfolds. ...

The Victims Have No Grievance (1986)

A man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what they had done. The investigator of the prosecutor's office Ilyas Sadykov had only to issue documents. But something in the testimony of the defendants alerted ...

A Man on a Motorcycle (1986)

A young miner Ahan is fond of photo hunting. During one of the trips to the mountains, he photographed poachers at the crime scene. Despite threats and blackmail, Ahan exposes the criminals... ...

Triple Jump of Panthera (1986)

To speed up Japan's entry into the war against the USSR, Hitler sent his emissary to Tokyo. The route of his plane lay through the territory of Kazakhstan, where refueling was to take place. This operation was codenamed "Panther". ...

Accept Adam! (1984)

The worker Adam, a man angular and a little funny, did not have a personal life or business at work for a long time. It was only out of respect for his mother that Adam was enlisted in the squad of high-rise installers. But as soon as the guy started his n ...

Goodbye, Medeo (1982)

The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal and instrumental ensembles and pop singers. They are shooting their picture in Kazakhstan at the Medeo high- ...

By the Field's Curb (1982)

The famous striker of the capital's football team Askar Temirov, having said goodbye to big sports, returns to his hometown to train the regional team. ...

We Are Adults (1980)

After graduating from school, Zholaman comes to the Mangyshlak peninsula and becomes an oil worker. ...

It's Time for Ringing Heat (1980)

The film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture. ...

Steppe Pursuit (1979)

The events of a dynamic, action-packed film take place in the 20s. The main character of the picture is the red commander Rude, a man unrestrainedly brave, courageous and devoted to his work. His opponent is the cunning, insidious and elusive ataman Kudre. ...

Once and for a Lifetime (1977)

The first post-revolutionary years in Kazakhstan, the period of formation of Soviet power. More than once, the bandits tried to deal with the singer of the people, the poet Erken, but could not silence him. It seemed that the earth itself kept him safe — ...

Rain (1972)

There Are Four of Us (1971)

One summer, four guys met on the shore of the Gulf of Riga. Azamat came from Kazakhstan. His uncle, a partisan, went missing on Latvian soil. Katya is from Leningrad, and Arvid and Yazep are Latvians. Arvid's mother lived in Kazakhstan during the evacuatio ...

My Brother (1971)

A biographical film about the life of Gani Muratbaev, the founder of the Komsomol in the Kazakh SSR . ...

At Red Stones Outpost (1970)

The film takes place near the border outpost "Red Stones". Three guys: the grandson of a herdsman, his cousin, who came on vacation from the city and the daughter of the head of the frontier post, met by chance in the Kazakh border steppes, where they spen ...

Journey to Childhood (1968)

The writer Bektas-agha, arriving in his native village, remembers his childhood: his mother died early, his careless father, who married the beautiful Kulimbala, the teacher Sagatbai. It was a time of collectivization. Bai and his henchmen, playing on the ...

Mukagali (2021)

A Man of great talent. Misunderstood and censored genius. Loving caring father. Lonely fighter for freedom. Eagle of High Mountains. Lucky, but Ill-fated Poet, whom we never knew. Mukagali Makataev became recognized only after his death in 1976. Nowadays h ...

Mukagali: Backstage (2021)

Talan (2018)

Two boys remain orphans in a difficult time of famine and repression. Meeting friends in a few years will be unexpected for both. This is a myth about the price that a person had to pay to survive during the military dictatorship. ...

Sardar (2003)

Two friends Kulzha and Akberdy grew up in the same village. Kurzha's father, the valiant Kazakh batyr Kangerey, was captured by the Dzungars. When Kulzha and Akberdy grew up, they decided to find Kangerey and save the Steppe from the hated Dzungars. ...

The Last Cold Days (1993)

May 1945. In a small town of the province of Kazakhstan, far from the front of the war draws to a close, young Vladik and Mary, and Akezhan, a boy a bit 'largest are among the displaced. It is through the eyes of the latter, his feelings and his reactions, ...

Darling (1990)

A harsh, sometimes poignantly lyrical narrative about everyday and sometimes hopeless life in the Kazakh provincial hinterland. ...