Directing

Asel Zhuraeva

Known for

Directing

Credits

5 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

God's Gift poster
NR

At the house of an elderly childless couple, about seventy years old, with poor health, living in a small village, unknown people leave a six-month-old baby. An old man and an old woman are going to hand over the child to the authorities. But having heard that young children are being sold for organs, they decide to leave the child to themselves. Caring for a baby turns the lives of older people in a completely different direction. They have an interest in life.

God's Gift

2023

God's Gift poster
NR

At the house of an elderly childless couple, about seventy years old, with poor health, living in a small village, unknown people leave a six-month-old baby. An old man and an old woman are going to hand over the child to the authorities. But having heard that young children are being sold for organs, they decide to leave the child to themselves. Caring for a baby turns the lives of older people in a completely different direction. They have an interest in life.

God's Gift

2023

Backstage Madness poster
NR

A 70-year-young nameless Director still invents various vivid and bizarre characters on an old-fashioned typewriter. This respected veteran knows a thing or two about tenderness and aesthetics. He has heard the word 'stop' far too many times while preparing an arthouse festival gem. The fledgling producer orders his uncle to write something entirely different, involving all keen investors in sold-out, influential roles.

Backstage Madness

2025

Infant poster
NR

An orphan is torn about discovering the truth about his birth mother. When he reunites with his beloved girl, his life transforms, and he gains hope.

Infant

2022

Because, I Am a Girl poster
NR

Through personal reflections, Kyrgyz girls speak about everyday expectations and social roles they grow up with.

Because, I Am a Girl

2026