"The Gift" will be screened at the frame "Focus on Kyrgyzstan" of the Venice Production Bridge Market, 80 Venice International Film Festival (30.08 - 09.09.2023).

"Focus on Kyrgyzstan" will be hold on the 31st of August 2023, 17.00 - 18.00, Italian Pavilion

   Cooperation Strategies & Perspectives 

in collaboration with the Cinema Department - Minister of Culture, Information, Sport and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan & Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to Italy.

THE GIFT / Belek

Feature film, 88 min., 2023, Kyrgyzstan

Production: "Altyn Anar" & Aitysh-film with finance support of Cinema Department & with technical support of Kyrgyzfilm

Author & director: Dalmira Tilepbergen

DoP: Akjol Bekbolotov

Producers: Gulmira Kerimova, Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Dalmira Tilepbergen

Synopsis:

Based on true events, The Gift tells the tragic story of a young seven year old girl, who is lead to believe that the mole on her lip is a gift from God and that all her wishes will come true.

Arno lives with her parents, three sisters and grandfather in a remote pasture within the high, majestic mountains of Central Asia. Her mother is pregnant and her father's only wish is for her to give birth to a son.

Arno leads a carefree life and wishes to be the son her father has never had. However, nothing lasts forever and their world is soon to be destroyed by encroaching civilization

The family's fragile existence is also in jeopardy, as Arno's doubt about her father's love for her, breaks their spiritual relationship.

As events unfold, unfulfilled desires rise to the surface leading to an unexpected tragedy...

THE GIFT was invited for Official Competition in the 16^th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA, 2023)

Cinema Department