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Two short films shot on 35 mm evoke a dreamlike ambiance through images without dialogue or narration. Devil Bridge depicts a gondola bridge connecting a secluded mountain village with the outside world. The villagers glide through the mountain fog, high above a raging stream. In Lullaby, music and sound play a major role in creating a haunting image. Prayers echo in the mosque, church bells ring, and the clicking of shiny Western shoes foreshadows drama.



Devil Bridge

Shaitan Kurpuro

Director, Script: Temirbek Birnazarov
Photography: A.Chadin
Sound: N.Bondarenko
Producer: Irizbay Alybaiev
Production Company, Source:
Kyrgyzfilm studio
D.Asanova 1, 720030 Bishkek
KYRGYZ
Phone: 996-3312-254310
Fax: 996-3312-253068
KYRGYZ / 1997 / No dialogue
B? / 35mm / 10 min

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Temirbek Birnazarov

Born in 1963 in Kyrgyz, graduated from the Institute of the Arts in Kazhakstan. His films include Don't Cry Rhinoceros! (fiction / part color /10 min) which was awarded at the Monte-Catini Film Festival in Italy in 1995.

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Director's Statement

This film is about usual life in an unusual place. The people of the remote mountainous village are in contact with the great world thanks to the "Devil Bridge."


Lullaby

Aldey

Director, Script: Ernest Abdyjaparov
Photography: S.Koichumanov
Editing: R.Umralieva
Sound: G.SydiKova
Producer: Irizbay Alybaiev
Production Company, Source:
Kyrgyzfilm studio
D.Asanova 1, 720030 Bishkek
KYRGYZ
Phone: 996-3312-254310
Fax: 996-3312-253068
KYRGYZ / 1997 / No dialogue /
B? / 35mm / 10 min

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Ernest Abdyjaparov

Born in 1961, in Kyrgyz. Graduated from the Institute of Languages in Bishkek. He has been working at the Kyrgyzfilm Studio since 1992. His films include Menin Perim Almanbet (documentary / B? /10 min) in 1993 and Taranchi, "Sparrow" (documentary / B? / 10 min) in 1995, the latter awarded internationally.

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Director's Statement

This film is about the good and the evil in our time, in our real modern life.



 




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