The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival came to a glitzy conclusion Saturday as Kazakh film The Divorce, directed by Daniyar Salamat, took home the top Golden Goblet award for best feature ...

The eponymous 2006 British-American comedy introduced much of the world to a fictional – and offensive – depiction of Kazakhstan. This Western-made film, produced with no consideration of the ...

ASTANA – Kazakhtelecom will release 400 new Kazakh-language films and series by the end of 2025, reported the company’s press ...

Kazakhstan has submitted Askhat Kuchinchirekov’s coming-of-age tale Bauryna Salu to the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards, after it won best film at the country ...

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based production and distribution company Willa has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Bauryna Salu, Kazakhstan’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar race.

Its teaser debuts on Variety exclusively (below). In acclaimed Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s latest film, two characters who are essentially loners existing outside of the usual moral ...

he shouts at his father, tears streaming down his cheeks. This scene is from a popular film in Kazakhstan, Bauryna Salu, a tale touching a raw nerve among millions of citizens in this Central Asian ...

So too, since earlier this year, do a slew of other favorites on a pair of popular child-focused stations broadcasting in Kazakhstan – U.S.-owned Nickelodeon and French-owned TiJi. For many ...