The film «Children of the Sky» by Kyrgyz film director Nurlan Abdykadyrov won three awards at the 17th International Moving Film Festival, which ended in Mexico.
The film director told that the victories were awarded in the nominations «Best Feature Film», «Best Actress» (Aizirek Tynalieva) and «Best Editing of a Feature Film».
The film tells the story of two families, who decided to matchmake their children according to an old Kyrgyz tradition. A few years later, the bride’s parents die. The groom’s parents try to take her to the city by force, but the girl resists...
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Nurlan Abdykadyrov is a playwright, director, producer, and People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic. He currently works as a director at the Chingiz Aitmatov Russian Drama Theater.
