The Hollywood-in-the-Making block hosts an intense, often violent array of shorts from the minds of six up-and-coming directors, each displaying the potential for Hollywood fame.
On the strife-torn Central Asian steppe, a boy named Mergen must defend his family in place of his absent father. He does so with courage, cunning, and above all, a mystical gift from his grandmother. An ambitious first film from a student of Kazakh National Academy of Arts and shot completely on-location in Kazakhstan.
- Year2021
- Runtime26 minutes
- LanguageKazakh
- CountryKazakhstan
- DirectorRaiymbek Alzhanov
- ScreenwriterRaiymbek Alzhanov
- ProducerBanu Ramazanova
- CastAlikhan Abi, Temirkhan Tursungaliyev, Aynur Akhmetzhanova, Shirai Maksat, Erkebulan Suleimenov
- CinematographerSardar Baimoldin
- Production DesignDias Tussupov
- ComposerAssel Omarova
- Sound DesignIlya Gariyev
The Hollywood-in-the-Making block hosts an intense, often violent array of shorts from the minds of six up-and-coming directors, each displaying the potential for Hollywood fame.
On the strife-torn Central Asian steppe, a boy named Mergen must defend his family in place of his absent father. He does so with courage, cunning, and above all, a mystical gift from his grandmother. An ambitious first film from a student of Kazakh National Academy of Arts and shot completely on-location in Kazakhstan.
- Year2021
- Runtime26 minutes
- LanguageKazakh
- CountryKazakhstan
- DirectorRaiymbek Alzhanov
- ScreenwriterRaiymbek Alzhanov
- ProducerBanu Ramazanova
- CastAlikhan Abi, Temirkhan Tursungaliyev, Aynur Akhmetzhanova, Shirai Maksat, Erkebulan Suleimenov
- CinematographerSardar Baimoldin
- Production DesignDias Tussupov
- ComposerAssel Omarova
- Sound DesignIlya Gariyev