Mukhabbat, an Uzbek immigrant, works at a convenience store on the outskirts of Moscow. Just like the rest of the immigrants at the store, she is forced to work without getting paid and endure mental and physical abuse, until she overcomes her fear one day and takes her fate into her own hands.
A wealthy man hires two bodyguards, one a former paratrooper (Qodirov) and the other just released from prison (Soipov), to protect his two daughters, Gulnoza (Ashurboeva) and Dilnoza (Eshonqulova). Whilst at first the girls are reluctant to accept their fate, they soon realise how lucky they are to have the two young men in their lives…
A young doctor serving cotton growers goes to the city. On the highway, when trying to overtake a motorcade, the traffic police stops the car. The events that take place next are an accurate and witty model of a life permeated through and through with absurd relationships, ridiculous demands and inexplicable prohibitions...
The film tells the story of an elderly couple living a peaceful life in a village, with their eldest son living nearby and their youngest son working abroad. It depicts the struggle and conflict between two generations.
An agent of the Uzbek special services, Timur Saliev, is conducting an operation to seize the Scorpion terrorist group when he learns that his brother, whom he considered dead, is alive and belongs to this very organization.
The story is about Hashim, who, as often happens with boys, gets into various troubles.
Iskander, a gentle Uzbek man, is convinced by a Russian friend to give an impromptu speech praising the Communist Revolution. Impressed by his eloquence, the Soviets make Iskander a spokesman - a precarious position in a turbulent time.
Considering that Musakov’s Abdulladzhan (1991) was dedicated to Steven Spielberg, we might suggest that these four boys embody nothing more complicated than a conflict of youthful innocence with some ominous threat—the basic workings of E.T. (1982) or War of the Worlds (2005), say. That threat, however, is best understood not through vague nationalism or warmed-over socialism, but through the other reference-point of Abdulladzhan—Tarkovskii’s Stalker (1980). Musakov leaves his boys in a simplified radiance so bright and so overexposed that it no longer looks like the skies of sunny Tashkent, but a disturbing, borderless luminosity to match the flat tonal range of Stalker’s “Zone.” Our Uzbek boys are nowhere in particular; this is a broader domain than anything international.
In Uzbekistan, the government has started its own war on terror. A war that – like so many others – is waged for political reasons, which rarely have anything to do with reality. As a result, thousands of Muslims are imprisoned on false charges of conspiring to commit terrorist crimes. One of them is the human rights activist Dilya's brother Iskandar, who has been imprisoned in the notorious Jaslyk prison in a barren desert since 2002 – an inhumane place of which there are no images. Today, she lives in exile in Sweden because of the threats and harassment, but Dilya continues to fight the case of her brother and other prisoners with the help of Amnesty International.
Our four dear friends are about to graduate from school and start a big life. Khurshid is studying at a medical university, Hamdam is returning from the army, Jawahir is trying to earn money by pawning on the street, and Bakhtiyar is working under his father. They all still love Lola.
Two barbarians in the desert find a stranded white woman and regard her as their property. A strange and exotic parable that presents a tragic three-cornered relationship in a politically incorrect and ironic way.
A Romeo & Juliet-esque tale set in Uzbekistan.
Based on an old Bukharan mythical tale from the 16th century.
Schoolgirl Nodira, quiet and dreamy, attracts attention by inventing a heroic act that she allegedly committed while saving a child from under the wheels of a car...
Images of Uzbek folklore permeate the author's story with the motif of trauma. She connects the reflection on self-acceptance and awareness of one's own strength with cultural self-determination and the need for personal and collective resilience. The narrative, woven from themes of traditional Uzbek culture through materials drawn from a variety of sources including archival Uzbek films and photographs, unfolds in an evocative sound design.
The Mischievous Boy — "Shum bola", a film on the eponymous story of Gafur Gulyam about the adventures of a little boy, whose restless character makes him different people and life situations.
A story about two brothers - Bakhrom and Umid. Older brother Bakhrom is ready to give his life for his younger brother. After the death of his parents, caring for his younger brother fell on his shoulders. He cooks for him, wakes him up to the university and pays for his studies. You can only dream of such a caring brother. Bakhrom himself is not married, he lives with his younger brother in the same apartment. He is famous as the best auto mechanic, has his own auto repair shop. Umid dreams of introducing his older brother to his teacher, whose name is Nazira. She is beautiful and clever, and also young. Once he still manages to introduce Bakhrom and Nazora. For their short meeting Nazora manages to please Bakhrom. However, the whole idyll is spoiled by an acquaintance with a strange guy, whom Bakhrom helped to fix the car.
In Women’s Paradise, a college professor and writer is separated from his wife after committing adultery and discovers a women’s paradise where his lover, a female student, and his wife are living happily together. Could this truly be paradise or just the projection of a male fantasy?
Since Fatima and Zuhra's brother did not come home one day, Fatima is worried and goes outside to look for him. Then, the street thugs kidnap and rape Fatima. Fatima commits suicide.
Kamil’s peaceful life with his three wives in the remote region of Turkestan is disrupted when the fourth wife arrives. Changes simultaneously rush at a family that seem far from a historical upheaval that destroys long-standing family traditions.
In the cities of Central Asia and Russia, the indomitable Fatima barrages , committing one crime after another . The Prosecutor's office investigator Pyotr Yerozhin gets in her way , not yet knowing how this investigation will be closely intertwined with his own fate.
