Acting
Kazakhstan, January 2022. Protests are shaking the entire country. Five ordinary people become caught up in these events and face difficult life choices. Their stories come together, showing how one person’s drama turns into a national tragedy.
Mika falls in love with Anuar who is already engaged with other lady.
The story of a daughter-in-law whose relationship with her mother-in-law reaches its boiling point. The main character, who for many years endured not only the sharp remarks of her husband's mother, but also the frequent belittling of her status, decides to file for divorce. But one fine morning, something changes.
In the festive turmoil between children's matinees, corporate parties and feasts, the deeply pregnant Aizhan and the recently hired Maksat will pass a test of their feelings and especially feel each other, as they swap bodies on a random occasion.
Maksat works for a local TV channel. On the eve of his sister's wedding, he loses the money he raised to pay for the restaurant. The hero is ready for a lot, if only the family holiday still takes place. To do this, he suggests that his team do a talk show about his sister's wedding, but without telling his relatives about it.
30-year-old Muscovite Aiko’s father, with whom she had not communicated for many years, died - he was a tyrant, and she does not feel sorry for him. But for some reason she goes to Kazakhstan for the funeral, where she sees her father’s second family for the first time: the sister is unbearable, the brother is out of this world, the stepmother is the same age as Aiko herself. And the strangest thing is that for them dad was completely different.
11-year-old Ilyas loses his parents too soon. Overnight, he and his sisters are sent to an orphanage - where kindness is rare and rules are strict. Growing up fast, facing down bullies, scraping for food, and protecting his sisters like a wolf guards its pack, Ilyas refuses to break. And through it all, he clings to the idea that family isn’t just blood; it’s who stands by you when the world turns its back.
High in the mountains, the forester Aktan lives alone with his mute aunt in an abandoned village. People's lives seem wrong and vain to him. But he likes his own less and less. A collision with people who predationally exploit nature forces Actan to actively interfere in their lives.
In order to go abroad and get a dream job im America, dentist Damir must choose a life partner in two months. A witty romantic comedy about the search for love.
A historical drama set during the 1929 construction of the Turkestan–Siberian Railway, contrasting modernization with traditional life in the Kazakh steppe.
Nauryz is a magic time of year when all the wildest dreams may come true.
