Tajikistan – Seven Short Films
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Adonis XIV
- Written and directed by Bako Sadikov
- Camera: V. Yarmatov
- Editing: Bako Sadikov
- Production: The Cinema Courses (Moscow), Tajikfilm
- 1977,B/W, 14 min.
- Winner of the Grand Prix, Mannheim Documentary Film Festival, 1987
About the filmmaker: Bako Sadikov was born on July 13th, 1941 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. He worked as an actor in the Bukhara Theater from 1959 to 1960. In 1967, he graduated from the Tashkent Theatrical Institute. From 1978 to 1992, he worked at Tajikfilm Studio. He has been officially recognized as an Honored Artist of Tajikistan.
Filmography:- Adonis XIV, 1977
- Thunder (Smerch), 1988
- Blessed Bukhara, 1991
- Scout (Lazutchik), 1992
- Island, 1992
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Ainsi Va La Vie... (I Takova Jzin...)
- Directed and edited by Tolib Khamidov
- Writer: Valentin Maximenkov
- Camera: Okil Khamidov
- Sound: Rustam Akhadov
- Music: Akhmad Bakaev
- Production: Tajikfilm
- 1989,Color, 28 min., Documentary
- Selected for a number of Soviet Film Festivals.
Tolib Khamidov was born 1956. He studied at the Institute cinematography in Moscow, beginning in 1983, graduating in1989.
Filmography:- Circle
- Black and White
- Selavy, 1989
- Presence, 1995
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Cheya-cheya
- Written, produced, filmed, animated and directed by Bakhtiyar Kakharov
- Edit: Denis Beketov
- Music: Al Rahman
- Production: AKHP, Kinoservice Ltd
- 2002, Color,7 min,Animation
Bakhtier Kakharov was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 1963. In 1985 he graduated from Tajik Polytechnic Institute, with a degree in architecture. From 1986 to 1990, he participated in many different Tajik animated films as designer. from 1990 to 1992, he took the advanced courses of The Unit of cinematographers and Goskino USSR in Moscow in a workshop taught by famed teachers, Hitruk F. and Nazarov E.
Filmography:- The Dragon, 1994, animation, 8 min (director and scriptwriter)
- The Tajik Negotiations in Kabul, 1996, documentary (director)
- Cheya-cheya, 2002, animation, 6.5 min (director and scriptwriter)
- The Way to the Nowhere, 2003, documentary, 26 min. (director, with N. Rahmonov)
- The Donkey, 2004, animation, 10 min (director and scriptwriter, winner of a prize from the Asian Academy of Film)
- Murghak, 2005, animation, 5 min (director and scriptwriter)
- The Scream of Ants, 2005, feature film (second director, assistant to M. Makhmalbaf)
- The Angel of Our Home, 2006, short film (director and scriptwriter, produced by S. Haqdodov)
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A Morning
- Written, edited and directed by Denis Beketov
- Director of Photography: Oleg Makarov
- Producer: Safar Khaqdodov
- Production: LTD Kinoservis
- Cast: Zuhur Habibulloev, Alovuddin Abdulleov, Ruslan Mardonov
- 2005,Color,9 min. Fiction
It only seems that we are ruled by reason. Actually, our lives are a series of chance events, “which is the reason wishes to give out for law.”
About the filmmakerDenis Beketov was born on April 1st, 1980. He began his studies in journalism before switching to Cinematography at the Kinoservice LTD while also teaching journalism at Tajik Slavonic University (Tajikistan). He is currently a post-graduate student in documentary film in Tajikistan.
Filmography:- My Angel, fiction, 2001
- Ethic Situations, interactive fiction film, 2002
- Witness, fiction, 2003
- Kindergarten, documentary, 2003
- A Morning, fiction, 2005
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Leyla-Mama Maryam
- Written, filmed and directed by Abror Nazarov
- Editing: Muhojir Maston
- Cast: Maryam
- 2005,Color,13min.
Maryam is a champion runner in Tajikistan. Her mother dies and all of her friends come for the burial. Ultimately, they all leave Maryam with her pain, and she comes to the realization that she herself had left her mother behind in order to pursue a life of her own.
About the filmmakerAbror Nazarov was born in Dushanbe in 1980. Everything he knows about film, he taught himself. He has also studied music since the age of 11 by watching Paler Nazarov, his father‚s group.
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The Angel of Our Home
- Written, filmed and directed by Bakhtier Kakharov
- Producer: Safar Haqdodov
- Cast: Amir Kakhari, Tursun Urmonov, Maksud Latypov
- 2006,Color,18 min. Fiction
This film was produced with the assistance of Makhmalbaf Film House and the Swiss Agency of Development and Cooperation in Tajikistan
Synopsis:A young boy‚s serene life is interrupted when his beloved mother dies and he is left alone with his father. He writes a letter to God, asking for his mother back, and ties the message to the branch of a tree in a sacred place. Soon, a dove appears at their house. The boy believes that the dove‚s eyes are familiar to him.
About the filmmakerBakhtier Kakharov was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 1963. He graduated from Tajik Polytechnic Institute in 1985 with a degree in architecture. Between 1986 and 1990, he served as designer on a number of animated films. From 1990 to 1992, he took part in advanced courses in cinematography at Goskino USSR under the tutelage of Hitruk F. and Nazarov E.
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New Penelopa
- Filmed and directed by Georgi Dzalaev
- Written by Alovudeen Abdulloev and Georgi Dzalaev
- Editing: Stanislav Makyevsky, Georgi Dzalaev
- Producer: Alovudeen Abdulloev
- Cast: Zuchur Chabibullaev, Alovudeen Abdulloev
- 2006,Color,26 min,Documentary
What does the term ‘migrant worker‚ mean, aside from being a dry statistical word combination? What flours of hell should be passed to these workers to allow their families a minimum of prosperity? And what of the women left behind to care for the households? This documentary examines this serious social drama of concrete heroes.
About the filmmakerGeorgi Dzalaev was born in February of 1954. One of the most famous cinematographers in Tajikistan, he graduated with a degree in the subject from VGIK. For a long time he worked as a cameraman on fiction films (Bratan, The Stars Are Lighting Above Tandur), but most recently has turned to documentary work, for which he serves as writer and director as well as cinematographer.
