Winds of Change: Women’s Stories from Central Asia Destination: Tashkent (Kurzfilmreihe)

In the organizer's words:

Short film series
With an introduction by Valeriya Kim and Malika Mukhamejan (in English)

Safi Faye Hall (HKW)
Duration: 78'

Accreditation (until 18.11.): €30/15 To the accreditation
Accreditation is free of charge for students, registration at HKW.DestinationTashkent@hkw.de
Accreditation entitles you to book one free ticket (from 21.11.) for all festival films at HKW and SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA. Please book your free tickets early, as their availability is limited.

The short film program presents six films by contemporary female filmmakers from Central Asian countries. The Late Wind depicts the existential and emotional balancing act of a woman in present-day Kazakhstan when she finds out about her pregnancy after the end of a relationship in a very undramatic, but all the more haunting way. Burul and The Fairy Tale tackle the difficult subject of personal self-discovery in the traditional social order of rural Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The directors venture a confident outlook, in which the love and tolerance of adults support the emancipatory will of youth. The protagonist of the documentary film Anora's Dream is 39-year-old Anora, who remains unmarried because of a blemish. In her desire to have a child, she comes up against the limits of the religious dogmas that have given her strength and balance throughout her life. Tovarishj Polizeiski exposes the bumpy systemic change in Kazakh society, in which Soviet and democratic structures take on bizarre formations. The experimental The Eternal Cycle of Life establishes a poetic link between the cycle of human life and its visual documentation.

Price information:

Tickets from 21.11.24