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Aralkum

Partner: AG Kurzfilm

The surreal flickering of the Aral desert transforms into the waves of the former Aral Sea. The sand becomes water. An old man becomes a fisherman again.

Details

Duration: 14min.

Country: Germany, Uzbekistan

Language: Kazakh

Year: 2022

Genre: Documentary, Experimental

Topic: Colonialism, Crisis, Environment, Grief, Homeland, Identity, Landscape, Nature, Rural, Social, Survival

Cast & Crew

Production company: O´zbekiston Kinematografiya Agentligi

Writer: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi

Cinematographer: Sadriddin Shakhabiddinov

Editor: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi

Music: Giovanni Berg

Actors: Uralbay Utegenov

Festivals & Awards

2022

Visions du Rֳéel Visions du Rֳéel Best Shortfilm

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