Guldzhamal Kazakbayeva

For her job as an influencer, she wears orange and a broad smile. The “Happiness” brand is her doctrine, but her home is a dark place where brute force has ruled for years. This film shows us what it costs to escape the trap of misogyny.

Story of a rough little boy in Kazakh society in the last years of the USSR, owes something to the Italian neo realist movement of the 1940s.

Gamekeeper Temirkhan finds a cheetah wounded by poachers. Thanks to the boundless love for animals, patience and perseverance of Temirkhan and his grandson Ali, the cheetah survives and returns to a free life in its native environment.

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.