Balausa Ilyasova

A film about a film.

A young girl who has experienced a family tragedy no longer truly lives her life. She begins having recurring dreams that jolt her awake in fear.

KOK ZHIEK - is a visual poem about the silence of the steppe, where songs once echoed. It is the story of a people who were nearly erased — yet their memory still whispers through the winds of the endless plains.