Dareshan Omirbaev
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was born in Kazakhstan, in 1958. A film critic and theorist, deeply
influenced by the French New Wave, and especially by Bresson, Truffaut
and Godard, he studied film direction at Moscows VGIK, from where
he graduated in 1987. The following year, his first short film, July,
was very well-received. In 1992 he made his first feature, Kairat,
which won the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, the Silver
Montgolfire at the Festival des Trois Continents in Nantes, and
the critics award at the Strasburg Film Festival. His film Heartbeat was screened at the Venise Film Festival 1995 and won the Special
Jury Award at the Nantes Festival.
FILMOGRAPHY
(English Titles)
1988 July (short film)
1992 Kairat
1993 Ticket Collector by Profession (short doc.)
1995 Heartbeat
1997 Killer
2001 The Road
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Shilde / JULY
USSR (Kazakhstan) 1988
Direction: Dareshan Omirbaev. Screenplay:
Dareshan Omirbaev, Leila Akhishanova. Cinematography:
Aoubakir Souleiev. Cast: Bakhitchan Dshartibaev, Marat
Dosetov. Production: Kazakhfilm Studio
35mm B&W 26min
A remote village in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
This is a beautifully photographed tale of two boys who try to
earn enough money to see a Bollywood melodrama one more time. Desperately
wanting to stay on for the evening screening, they decide to support
their habit by selling stolen watermelons.
Kairat / KAIRAT
Kazakhstan 1991
Direction-Screenplay: Dareshan Omirbaev. Cinematography:
Aoubakir Souleiev. Editing: Dareshan Omirbaev. Sound: Gulsara
Nuchataeva. Sets: Marat Imanbergenov. Cast: Kairat Makhmedov,
Indira Geskembaeva, Balian Bisembekova, Samat Beysenbim, Talgat Asetov. Production:
Kazakhfilm Studio
35mm B&W 72min
A train pulls out of a village station in the Kazakh steppe.
Among its passengers is 20-year-old Kairat, on his way to Almaty to continue
his studies at university. However, he is expelled from university for unruly
behavior. He starts working as a bus driver. One day, he meets a striking young
woman. He learns that her name is Indira, that she is a student and that she
works as a stewardess on trains. When he goes to pick her up at the station a
few days later, he sees her with a colleague and is very disappointed.
Kardiogramma / HEARTBEAT
Kazakhstan 1995
Direction-Screenplay: Dareshan Omirbaev. Cinematography:
Boris Troshev. Editing: Rima Beliakova. Sound: Andrei Viaznev.
Sets: Sabit Kurmanbiekov. Cast: Jasulan Asauov, Saule Toktybaeva,
Gulnara Dosmatova, Serik Jubandykov, Baurzan Ishpanov, Iljas Kalymbetov. Production:
Kazakhfilm Studio
35mm Color 73min
Twelve-year-old Jasulan, the son of a shepherd, is suffering
from heart disease. His mother brings him from the distant steppes to a sanitarium
in Almaty where he can be treated by specialists. In the big city, where everyone
speaks Russian, this boy from the steppes who speaks only his native Kazakh is
a stranger in his own land. The children at the sanitarium reinforce this feeling,
by excluding Jasulan from their small community. Jasulan becomes more and more
introverted, keeping to himself and staying away from the others. But then, when
the first sexual feelings of adolescence begin to arrive, Jasulan will feel the
need to approach other people.
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