Directing
The Mischievous Boy — "Shum bola", a film on the eponymous story of Gafur Gulyam about the adventures of a little boy, whose restless character makes him different people and life situations.
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The events in Mahallada duv-duv gap occur in a mahalla — a traditional Uzbek neighborhood — in an old part of Tashkent at a time when big-scale construction works are taking place. The movie humorously depicts the relationships between traditional parents and their modern children.
The film is a touching story about an Uzbek family who gave shelter to 14 kids evacuated during the World War II while their own child was at the battlefronts.
A biographical film about one of the greatest Medieval scientists and scholars, Al-Biruni.
Today is a happy day for Akbar and Farida Sadykov—their son Kamal is being released from prison. But Akbar was right to dread this meeting. His son hasn't forgiven his father for his imprisonment. He didn't even approach Akbar. Alone, Kamal recalls an old story his father told him...
Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
The tragic fate of a simple rural girl named Dilorom, who has suffered many trials: the arrest of her father in the "cotton case" launched in Uzbekistan by Moscow investigators Gdlyan and Ivanov, the death of her younger brother, the betrayal of a loved one…
In the Ferghana Valley, a farmer named Jamoliddin meets with General Skobelev in an attempt to prevent an ongoing uprising. After the negotiations end without success, he decides to take his family and move to what is now Kyrgyzstan. However, before they can complete their escape, government soldiers pursuing him capture Jamoliddin. His wife gives birth to their son but tragically passes away in the process.
The family of the director of the state farm lives in a small Uzbek village. One day, the nephew of the mother, Sanjar, appears in this hospitable family. The kind and impressionable Sappho, observing his cousin's connections with a thieving company, draws unpleasant conclusions for himself and makes completely independent decisions...
