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Sochi International Film Festival & Awards (SIFFA) in Cambridge: FIRE (dir. Aizhan Kassymbek, 2021, Kazakhstan)
Tuesday 15 February, 2022, 19:00 - 21:00
FIRE is the debut feature film of Kazakh film-maker Aizhan Kassymbek.
Lead actor Tolepbergen Baisakalov won Best Actor at the Sochi International Film Festival & Awards (SIFFA). FIRE premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea before travelling to FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany, the Singapore International Film Festival and the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, where Baisakalov picked up the Snow Leopard for Best Actor.
Director: Aizhan Kassymbek
Screenplay: Aizhan Kassymbek, Alibek Duyssenbiyev, Chingiz Yeskendirov, Malik Kassabekov
Producer: Diana Ashimova
DOP: Aigul Nurbulatova
Composer: Jong Ho Choi
Sound: Ilya Gariyev
Set designer: Ayana Nurdinova
Editor: Aidana Sydykbek
Cast: Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Yerbolat Toguzakov, Manshuk Aitmukhanbetova, Adina Bazhan
Country: Kazakhstan
Production: Kazakh Film
Language: Kazakh
Year: 2021
Tolik is an excellent example of a middle-aged family man who lives an ordinary life and does his best to feed his family, with problems that seem never-ending. He is always in debt – Kazakh weddings and funerals, everything requires money. One day he finds out that his teenage daughter is pregnant. Tolik intends to find out who the father is in order to talk to him about his daughter’s future and the couple’s plans. With all this on his plate, Tolik gets involved in an absurd adventure which almost costs his friend his life. After experiencing all this hardship he finally understands what the most important things in life are. It is this understanding and acceptance that bring him hope.
View the trailer (in Kazakh with English subtitles) here.
WHEN: Tuesday 15 February, 19:00
WHERE: Vue Cambridge, The Grafton Centre, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PS
LANGUAGE: Kazakh (with English subtitles)
RATING: 12
CamRuSS is organising this screening in collaboration with the Sochi International Film Festival & Awards (SIFFA) as a charitable event. You can reserve your place via Eventbrite, but if you are unable to make a donation on this occasion, please contact the CamRuSS team.
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