Why Central Asian Cinema is Still Struggling to Find its own Identity
“To be ignorant of what happened before you were bornis to remain forever a child.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Head…
Central Asia
Pari, Poetry and Those Who Stay: an interview with Isabelle Kalandar
Tajikistan has a new filmmaker, and the world should know her. Based in the United States, Isabelle Kalandar shot her…
Village, Exile and Absence: Notes from the Bishkek International Film Festival
The Bishkek International Film Festival, in Kyrgyzstan, with only four editions behind it, has established itself as one of the…