IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
Kazakhstan/Russia/France/ Germany<br />
Native Dancer / Baksy<br />
<strong>2008</strong>, 35 mm, Colour, 87 mins, Russian-Kazakh<br />
Aidai is an elderly spiritual healer, a "Kazakh Baksy" who has the power to find a<br />
person's lost soul, heal the crippled and locate stolen cattle. For years, Aidai has been<br />
serving her local Kazakh community and living <strong>of</strong>f the land <strong>of</strong> a rich businessman, Batyr,<br />
who feels indebted to her because she helped his wife to conceive. When local gangsters<br />
decide that Batyr's land would be a prime location for a petrol station and a motel, Aidai<br />
puts up a fight, as the land is what connects her to her spiritual powers. Ignoring threats<br />
from the gangsters, Batyr goes away on vacation, but when he returns Aidai has<br />
disappeared and his land has been excavated. He is furious, so when the petrol station<br />
burns down in a freak accident, it seems like just revenge - until his son is kidnapped.<br />
Devastated and at a loss, Batyr goes looking for Aidai's help.<br />
Director<br />
Guka Omarova<br />
Screenplay<br />
Guka Omarova, Sergei Bodrov<br />
Cinematography<br />
Rafeek Galev<br />
Editor<br />
Darya Danilova<br />
Music<br />
Sig<br />
Cast<br />
Nesipkul Omarbekova (Aidai), Farkhat Amankulov (Batyr),<br />
Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Almat Ayanov, Asel Abutova<br />
Art<br />
Menlibaeva Almagul<br />
Sound<br />
Olivier Dandré, Vladimir Golounin<br />
Costumes<br />
Almagul Menlibaeva<br />
Production<br />
Les Petites Lumières (France)<br />
petiteslumieres@free.fr;<br />
Kin<strong>of</strong>abrika GmbH,Hamburg (Germany);<br />
Studio Kazakhfilm (Kazakhstan);<br />
CTB <strong>Film</strong> Company (Russia)<br />
World Sales<br />
Fortissimo <strong>Film</strong> Sales<br />
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1019 DA Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />
T: +31 20 627 3215<br />
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Email:info@fortissimo.nl<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s<br />
Rome, Toronto, Chicago, Pusan<br />
Guka Omarova was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and studied journalism at the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> Kazakhstan and documentary production at the Institute <strong>of</strong><br />
Cinema and Theatre, Almaty. She has made the short film That Heart <strong>of</strong> Mine (1998) and<br />
the short documentary Captain Kat (1998). Her first feature film was Schizo (2004), and<br />
this is her second feature.<br />
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