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Amir Karakulov

He was born in Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan, in 1966. He studied at the University of Kazakhstan, where he worked for two years in the journalism department. In 1984 he graduated from the film direction department of MoscowΥs Film Institute (VGIK). His first feature film, Razluchnitsa, won the FIPRESCI award at the Moscow Film Festival, while Donãt Cry won the Golden Tiger at the Rotterdam Film Festival 2003.

FILMOGRAPHY
1990 Listja (short film)
1991 Razlychnitsa
1993 Golubinyj zvonar
1996 Poslednie kanikuly
2003 Jylama

THE FILMS

Jylama / DONãT CRY
KAZAKHSTAN-JAPAN 2003
Director: Amir Karakulov. Screenplay: Amir Karakulov, Raushan Bayguzhayeva, Yelena Gordeeva. Cinematography: Murat Nugmanov. Sound: Andrei Vlaznev. Sets: Sabit Kurmanbekov. Costumes: Liudmila Trachtenberg. Actors: Maira Mukhamedkyzy, Bakira Shakhinbayeva, Bibinur Aldabergenova. Producers: Amir Karakulov, Sano Sindziu, Bokkozha Kasimzhanov. Production: MCR & Kazakhfilm Studio.
35mm Color 80 min

An opera singer who has lost her voice comes back to her parentsΥ house in a small village. She is not supposed to sing for a whole year. If she sings, her voice will be gone forever. There is a sick child in the family, and the singer tries to raise money for her treatment: she sells all her stage costumes, she sells her blood, but it is not enough. One day, the child gets worse and asks to hear an aria from an opera. The singer cannot refuse this request. She sings beautifully, better than ever before. It is as if she is singing for the first and last time in her life...


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