Kyrgyzstan submits "Heavenly Nomadic" for foreign-language OscarSeptember 24, 2015 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kyrgyzstan's submission for the Oscar for best foreign-language film, Heavenly Nomadic by actor-turned-director Mirlan Abdykalykov, is a contemporary tale of paradise lost set in a remote region of the central Asian country, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Filmed on location, the movie — also known by its local language title, Sutak — is about a family of nomads living in the harsh, but beautiful surroundings of the Turgen gorge near Lake Issyk-Kul. An elderly herdsman, his wife, their daughter-in-law Shaiyr (Taalaikan Abazova) and their 7-year-old granddaughter, live together, occasionally visited by Shaiyr's eldest son, Ulan, who studies in the city. Shaiyr's husband has died many years before, swept away by the river, but she remains, unable to leave the bond of earth and beauty of the beguiling land. When a meteorologist Ermek (Jenish Kangeldiev) moves to live nearby, Shaiyr's measured life will never be the same again. The film is based on a screenplay by Aktay Arym Kubat, best known in the west for his award winning 2010 film The Light Thief, which also featured Abazova. Heavenly Nomadic had its world premiere in Karlovy Vary's East of the West competition last July. The film is produced by Aitysh Film, which produced last year's Kyrgyz Oscar nomination, Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains and Oy Art Film. Photo: Karlovy Vary IFF Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |