Kazakh film wins Grand Prix at Los Angeles Film Festival

The Kazakh film "Sturm" directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov won the Grand Prix of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles (California). Writes about it DCNews.

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The film tells about a school in the village of Karatas (a village invented by the director), captured by a group of unknown people. All children are taken hostage, but no demands are made. Local teacher Tazshi decided to assemble an assault group from his parents, because due to a snow storm it was impossible to count on quick reinforcements from the city.

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The main roles in the film were played by Azamat Nigmanov, Alexandra Revenko, Berik Aitzhanov, Daniyar Alshinov, Nurlan Batyrov, Teoman Khos, Yerken Gubashev, Nurbek Mukushev and Yerden Telemisov.

The film was shot by Short Brothers in collaboration with the Kazakhfilm studio, Cinerental and the famous stunt group Nomad Stunts. This is Yerzhanov's 12th film.

Prior to that, the film participated in the main program of the Rotterdam Film Festival. And at the festival of crime films Festival international du Film Policier Reims Polar in France won the Grand Prix, as well as a prize from film critics, writes Tengrinews.

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After the premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival, distributors bought the rights to the tape and will show it in major cinemas in France and French-speaking countries. The release is scheduled for August 2022.

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