COMPETITIVE PROGRAM ‒
SHORT LIVE-ACTION FILMS
Water
Вода
Year of production: 2023
Production country: Kyrgyzstan
Director: Zhanara Nurbekova
Producer: Zhanara Nurbekova, Stambulbek Mambetaliev
Screenwriter: Tolgobek Koichumanov
D.O.P.: Chyngyz Sulumbekov
Editor: Nursultan Stanaliev
Production Designer: Tolgobek Koichumanov
Make up Artist: Zhazgul Sadyrova
Sound director: Nursultan Stanaliev
Cast: Zhanybek Sadykbekov, Kairat Emirbekov, Aktan Sadyraliev, Taalaikan Abazova, Zhanybek Beishenaliev, Nurzhaasyn Zhumagulov, Saltanat Maksatbekova
Film category: Feature short film
Rating: 0+
Length: 12 min.
Little Nurbolot travels to a big city for the first time, which he has long wanted to get to, and is faced with an unexpected conflict between his life values and the realities of urban life. Which is more important, to store water or to satisfy a need?
Selected festival history
2023:
  • International Film Forum "Golden Knight" (special jury diploma)
  • International Forum of National Cinematographies "Golden Arch" (diploma of the participant)
Zhanara Nurbekova
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Zhanara Nurbekova was born in 1996 on October 24 in Naryn. In 2014, she entered the Kyrgyz-Turkish University of Manas at the Department of Radio, TV and Cinema. She has worked in commercial advertisements and social videos as a production director. "Water" is her debut film

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 - Water