"Deal At The Border”: Three awards in Vesoul 

"Dear At The Border" made by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi from Kyrgyzstan in 2024

World premiere: Busan IFF, South Korea, October 2024

31st FICA Vesoul, France: 11-18.02.2025

31st Festival International des Cinemas d'Asie de Vesoul, France: 11-18.02.2025

The VIFFAC, Vesoul International Festival of Asian Cinema, is organized by the association of the International Festival of Asian Cinema. This association aims to organize the festival and through it to promote Asian cinematography, to make known and recognized the city and the Agglomeration of Vesoul, the department of Haute-Saône and the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is a member of NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia-Pacific Cinema).

Film from Kyrgyzstan "Deal At The Border" received three awards:

 1. Prize of the International jury

  2. Prize of the Marc Haaz

  3. Prize of the Guimet Museum

Prize of the International jury

Prize of the Marc Haaz

Prize of the Guimet Museum

Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi in Vesoul

 Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi with Divya Prabha, the star of the film “All We Imagine as Light”

"Deal At The Border", drama, 2024, Kyrgyzstan, 104'

World premiere: Busan IFF, 2024

Director: Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi

Production: Kyrgyzfilm studio named after T.Okeyev, Creative Center & CTR 

Producers: Suyum Sulaymanova, Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi, Avtandil Batyrbekov

Sinopsis: 

Aza and Samat, two drug runners navigating the secret routes in the mountains of Central Asia, stumble upon Nazik, a young girl fleeing from slavery. When Nazik is recaptured by a local criminal, facing a grim return to captivity, Aza resolves to rescue her, whatever it takes.

Deal At The Border