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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • 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…
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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 the
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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 attractive wife
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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…
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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 leade
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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 subconsciousne
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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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