Festivals: call for entries

Open Call: Script Lab in Almaty

 

Deadline: 07.08.2025

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Alternativa invites: Impact Distribution Lab

 

Deadline: 30.09.2025

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Almaty Series Festival and Series Mania Open New Horizons

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan / September 22-26, 2025

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Tuesday, 29 May 2018 00:00

Today in VB: The fragility and strength of a migrant woman

 

Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova won award at the 71st Festival de Cannes - Best perfomance by an actress for the leading role in the movie Ayka made by Sergey Dvortsevoy.

 

Synopsis:

Ayka just gave birth.
She can't afford to raise a child.
She has no job, debts to be paid, not even a room of her own.
But there is no way to suppress her natural instincts.