The President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Sadyr Zhaparov, has signed the Decree “About Measures for the Development of the National Film Industry and Further Improvement of the System of State Support for the Cinematography of the Kyrgyz Republic”. Among the tasks set by the President for cinematographers of the KR is to hold annually a Bishkek IFF.

First Bishkek IFF: International competition

10 feature ilms will compete in the International competition. The jury consists of Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey), Philip Cheah (Singapore), Elena Dulgheru (Romania), Park Sung Young (Korea) and Gulsara Azhibekova (Kyrgyzstan).

International competition: List of films:

 - “This Is What I Rememeber” by Aktan Arym Kubat, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Netherland, France, 2022, 105’

 - “Fallen Leaves” by Aki Kaurismäki, Finland-Germany, 2023, 81’

 - “Parallax” by Shahram Ebrahimi, Iran, 2023, 80’

 - “Whispers of fire & water” by Lubdhak Chatterjee, India, 2023, 83’

 - “Let's Go! Ishikawa!” by Takashina Takumi, Japan, 2022, 79’

 - “Between Two World” by Emmanuel Carrere, France, 2022, 106’

 - “Sunday” by Shokir Kholikov, Uzbekistan, 2023, 97'

 - “The Path” by Mikhail Kulunakov, Altay/Russia, 2023, 100’

 - “Don’t bury me without Ivan” by Lyubov’ Borisova, Sakha/Russia, 2022, 124’

 - “Scream” by Kenzhebek Shaikakov, Kazakhstan, 2023, 108’