Panoh

Panoh 2007

1

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…

2007

The Mischievous Boy

The Mischievous Boy 1978

6.30

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.

1978

Aralkum

Aralkum 2022

6.00

The Aral “Sea” powerfully reveals the deadly impact of human activities—in this case, the intensive cultivation of cotton in the USSR—on an ecosystem. Daniel Asadi Faezi (The Absence of Apricots, VdR 2018) and Mila Zhluktenko (Find Fix Finish, VdR 2017) film the shore’s last inhabitants, who have lost their way of life to the desertification of their environment. A beautiful and poignant work about our probable future.

2022

Convenience Store

Convenience Store 2022

5.30

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.

2022

Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg

Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg 1992

5.90

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.

1992

Super Daughter-in-Law

Super Daughter-in-Law 2008

6.00

The 'super kelinchak' has found her place as a wife and mother yet is as feisty as the mother-in-law who taught her how to become the perfect daughter-in- law...

2008

Scorpion

Scorpion 2018

6.50

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.

2018

Kichkina Tabib

Kichkina Tabib 1998

1

Doniyor has the supernatural power to heal seriously ill people with incurable pain. Thanks to his ability, not a single sick person remained in his village. Shuhrat Shodmonov, a big businessman from Tashkent, comes to him and asks him to treat his granddaughter.

1998

Majnun

Majnun 2016

1

The film is about the life of a famous football player named Sardor Kamilov. All the journalists are interested in the whereabouts, and his fans thought that he was dead. A journalist searches for Sardor for an interview.

2016

Fatima and Zukhra

Fatima and Zukhra 2005

6.50

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.

2005

Bo Ba Bu

Bo Ba Bu 1998

6.00

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.

1998

Sehrli Qalpoqcha

Sehrli Qalpoqcha 1970

1

The story is about Hashim, who, as often happens with boys, gets into various troubles.

1970

Birds of Our Hopes

Birds of Our Hopes 1977

1.00

Amir, 30 years old cinema reporter, lives a great (and probably) happy life between his job and a private life with many friends and Lia, devoted girlfriend and mother of a boy, Timur. One day at the last minute, Lia can't join the group of friends who has planned a trip to the beach. There, Amir meets someone, whom he believes to know already.

1977

Osmondagi Bolalar

Osmondagi Bolalar 2002

1

The film follows the lives of four upper-class teenage boys in Tashkent, Uzbekistan including the shy son of a famous film director, a chubby cut-up, son of a rich and successful businessman, and a tough aspiring playwright who works after school to avoid his raging alcoholic of a father. The four all live in the same housing complex and go to the same high school, where they fall for a beautiful, tough-as-nails new female student. Within the exotic locale of Uzbekistan, the boys experience the usual "growing pains" as they fall in love, "borrow" the family car, work hard to earn extra money and have too much to drink. A funny, touching slice-of-life comedy-drama.

2002

The Orator

The Orator 1998

3.20

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.

1998

Osmondagi bolalar 2

Osmondagi bolalar 2 2003

1

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.

2003

Mahallada duv-duv gap

Mahallada duv-duv gap 1960

4.00

The events in Mahallada duv-duv gap occur in a mahalla — a traditional Uzbek neighborhood — in an old part of Tashkent at a time when big-scale construction works are taking place. The movie humorously depicts the relationships between traditional parents and their modern children.

1960

Extraordinary Commissar

Extraordinary Commissar 1970

1

Extraordinary Commissar Pyotr Kobozev arrives in Soviet Turkestan on Lenin's personal order. He will have to quickly and accurately understand the situation and take appropriate measures against the counter-revolutionaries.

1970

Buyuk Amir Temur

Buyuk Amir Temur 1996

1

The film is dedicated to the 660th anniversary of the great commander and shows the period of formation of the personality of Amir Timur from 18 to 34 years old, before he becomes the ruler of Maveranahr.

1996

Twins

Twins 2004

7.20

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.

2004