Showcase: Tashkent Film School
Three films, followed by a discussion featuring excerpts from unreleased productions by the Tashkent Film School, offer insight into the curriculum and filmmaking at Uzbekistan’s first independent film school.
Fairytale
Ertak
A mother suspects that there is more than just friendship between her son and the neighbor boy. The two of them spend a bit too much time together. The neighbors are talking already. Does her son have a future in their rural village?
| Cinematographer | Andrey Morozov |
| Timur Amanshikov | |
| Director | Kamila Rustambekova |
| Editing | Edgars Olsevskis |
| Music | Sullivan Johns |
| Josef Tumari | |
| Screenplay | Kamila Rustambekova |
Nudity
Нагота
In order to better understand her identity as a woman, Sabina seeks out her mother, Zamira. Having grown up in Soviet Uzbekistan, she herself experienced the coexistence of opposing gender norms, from which she is now beginning to free herself.
| Cinematographer | Sabina Bakaeva |
| Director | Sabina Bakaeva |
| Editing | Zarif Ochilov |
| Producer | Julia Shaginurova |
| Michael Borodin | |
| Screenplay | Sabina Bakaeva |
Yuragim
Saida lives between roles: teacher, daughter, fixer. Like a train on its rails, she moves yet is confined. As her boss begins to catch up on her secret, she must decide: does she follow the tracks laid out for her or make her own way?
| Cinematographer | Sasha Kulak |
| Murat Ibragimov | |
| Director | Kirill Komar |
| Varia Garib | |
| Editing | Varia Garib |
| Kirill Komar | |
| Music | Bhima Yunusov |
| Producer | Varia Garib |
| Kirill Komar | |
| Doni Ahmadjonov | |
| Vasilisa Inshutina | |
| Production Designer | Mukhtor Zokirov |
| Screenplay | Kirill Komar |
| Varia Garib | |
| Sound Designer | Ivan Bartusenko |