Jury members:

Gulbara Tolomushova (Kyrgyzstan) Chairperson

Sergey Anashkin (Russia)

Yerzhan Jumabekov (Kazakhstan)

NETPAC Award

“The Secret of a Leader” - Kazakhstan, on Russian language, DCP, 97 min., 2018, Colour, world premiere - Busan IFF, 2018, directed by Farkhat Sharipov

Citation:

"for the sensitive and yet uncompromising representation of a human being making a moral choice".

Film Website: http://eastwind.kz/

Trailer youtube link: https://vimeo.com/294417160

Print Source:

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Brief synopsis:

When Kanat hits the bottom, still living with his mother at 40 passed, stuck mid level in his bank job, fantasizing from afar on girls, the unexpected encounter with his evil half, longtime friend Daniyar makes him take a moral u turn and his life takes a plunge in the dark.

With Farkhat Sharipov

NETPAC jury