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ABOUT CINEPROMO Catalog ABOVE THE CITY

ABOVE THE CITY

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  • year : 2021
  • country : Kazakhstan
  • timing : 30:00'
  • genre : fiction film
  • producer : Malika Mukhamejan

written and produced by Malika Mukhamejan
DoP Artem Isaev
music by Robert Ziganshin
sound by Julia Reiman
editor Boris Mnukhin
production designer Anastasia Filippova
cast: Aiym Kashkenova, Alexandra Devaeva
production company: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK)

Shy and closed Aidana grew up in a traditional Kazakh family. The transition to a new school gradually changes her life and she increasingly understands what she wants for herself. And friendship with her classmate Jenya reveals a new side in Aidana which she did not suspect before.

  • Kaliningrad Short Film Festival (2021, Russia, Kaliningrad)
  • Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (2021, United States, Rhode Island)
  • Cairo International Film Festival (2021, Egypt, Cairo)
  • EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (2021, Poland, Torun)
  • Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival (2021, Slovenia, Ljubljana)
  • CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival, Best Actress - Alexandra Devaeva (2021, Romania, Bucharest)
  • Video-art Festival "Black and White Rainbow", 3rd place in the nomination "Short fiction film" (2021, Russia, Togliatti)
  • Short Film Market Picks (2022, France, Clermont-Ferrand)
  • Moscow International Film Festival "8 Women" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
  • Festival internazionale Segni della notte, SPECIAL MENTION (2022, Italy, Urbino)
  • Children's Audiovisual Festival (FICAIJ) (2022, Colombia, Bogotá)
  • International Festival of Student Films and Creative Photography "Golden Five", Best Female Role - Aiym Kashkenova (2022, Russia, Khimki)
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù (2022, Italy, Palermo)
  • Sol International Film Festival (2022, Spain, Torrevieja)
  • ONE Country ONE Film International Festival, The Young Jury Award: Best Short Film (2022, France, Apchat)
  • Rhode Island PBS (2022, United States, Rhode Island)
  • Northern Wave International Film Festival (2022, Iceland, Grundarfjörður)
  • Sguardi Altrove International Women's Film Festival (2023, Italy, Milan)


ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:

Malika Mukhamejan was born on 11.06.1993 in the small town of Shu, Kazakhstan. In 2016 she entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) as a film director.


FILMOGRAPHY:

2020 - "Above the city", short student film
2019 - "Friends", short student film
2018 - "Aigerim", short student film

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2015, Russia, 90:02' fiction film producer Arseniy Gonchukov
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THE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
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2015, Russia, 16:22' fiction film producer Anna Kott
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INSIGHT
2015, Russia, 88:43’' fiction film producer Alexandr Kott
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DIALOGUES ABOUT THE MARTIAL ARTS
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2015, Russia, 14:30' fiction film producer Maxim Dashkin
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ARCADIA
2015, USA, 53:03' documentary producer Helga Landauer
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CEASEFIRE
2015, Russia, 65:08 ' documentary producer Konstantin Smirnov
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THE SAME BLOOD
2015, Belarus, 14:59' fiction film producer Mitry Semenov-Aleynikov
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2015, Italy, 17:37' fiction film producer Alina Gurinova
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HUMANOID
2016, Russia, 16:01' fiction film producer Ekaterina Stashevskaya
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MY APOLOGY
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2016, Russia, 28:00' fiction film producer Denis Lafanov
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2016, Georgia, 08:00' fiction film producer Khukhua Tornike
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