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EVACUATION Kazakhstan, 2025, 83 min, color

The film focuses on the evacuation of people from the regions of the USSR at risk of Nazi occupation to the eastern parts of the country. At the time Kazakhstan received around 1.5 million people and it is still the home for many of them. Two protagonists – Natalia and her daughter Galya – move east with the rest of the evacuees. In the chaos at one of the railway stations, Natalia loses sight of her daughter and goes to look for her in Almaty, which is overcrowded with evacuees.

Farkhat Sharipov

Farkhat Sharipov

Farkhat Sharipov is a Kazakh film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a graduate of the Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts. After graduation, he went to the United States for a special internship at the New York Film Academy, where he took a film-making course, which includes producing, screenwriting, cinematography, and even acting. He is known for 18 Kilohertz (2020), The Secret of a Leader (2018) and Skhema (2022).

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2010 Tale of a Pink Bunny

2016 4+1

2018 The Secret of a Leader

2020 18 kHz

2022 Sheme

2025 Evcustion

 

DIRECTOR
Farkhat Sharipov
SCRIPT
Farkhat Sharipov
CAMERA
Alexander Plotnikov
CAST
Natalja Witmer, Yevdokiya Skirta, Vitaliy Bagryantsev, Yekaterina Balakshiy, Dulyga Akmolda
PRODUCERS
Serik Zhubandykov
PRODUCTION
Kazakhfilm Studio

EVACUATION Kazakhstan, 2025, 83 min, color

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