Overview of articles
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The Lilac Wind of Paradjanov
A collective labour of love paying homage to one of cinema’s masters: Sergei Parajanov.
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Bull’s Heart
Hidden love is revealed in this surprisingly tender story about an Uzbek father and son.
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Orator
Based on the fate of Iskander, an Usbekh Moslim who leads an almost idyllic village life with his three wives, the film tells the story of the Usbe
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The Shepherd
Small-scale sensitive film about a 13-year-old boy from the beautifully portrayed Uzbek mountain region of Baisun. His elder brother has left for t
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Ayollar Saltanaty
Uzbek morality play about the writer and professor Olim who promises his dying friend that he will look after the latter’s stunningly attract
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Bo Ba Bu
Two barbarians in the desert find a stranded white woman and regard her as their property. A strange and exotic parable that presents a tragic thre
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Before Dawn
Social drama about a poor silk-grower, set in the countryside of Uzbekistan in the seventies, when the Soviet regime falls apart and the kolkhoz le
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Cemetery
We know that elephants mourn. But do we mourn when they disappear? Beyond an exotic excursion, this is a psychological thriller for our subconsciou
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Pan
A beautiful Islamic location with typical mosaics is the starting point for a muted investigation of the materiality of film versus video images.
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Aral
The desiccation of the Aral Sea means fishermen have to travel increasing distances to be able to fish. Intimate documentary portrait.
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