
- year : 2021
- country : Kyrgyzstan
- timing : 23:37'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Adilet Karzhoev
written and produced by Adilet Karzhoev
DoP Karash Zhanyshov
sound by Alym Tursunbayev
editor Adilet Karzhoev
A crew of miners digs coal 500 meters underground. Miners must fulfill the daily plan. But with each hit with the pick, it becomes more and more difficult to get to the coal in the safe zone. The foreman decides to take risks and dig coal in the danger zone.
- International Documentary Film Festival "ARTDOKFEST" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- Tampere Film Festival (2022, Finland, Tampere)
- Ismailia International Film Festival, Special Mention (2022, Egypt, Ismailia)
- International Film Forum "Zolotoy Vityaz" (Golden Knight) (2022, Russia, Sevastopol)
- FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival (2022, Portugal, Espinho)
- Sole Luna Doc Film Festival (2022, Italy, Milano, Treviso, Palermo)
- ONE Country ONE Film International Festival (2022, France, Apchat)
- Lucania Film Festival (2022, Italy, Pisticci)
- Kazan International Muslim Film Festival (2022, Russia, Kazan)
- Tehran International short Film Festival (2022, Iran, Tehran)
- PROVINZIALE Filmfest Eberswalde (2022, Germany, Eberswalde)
- Amur Autumn Open Russian Theater and Film Festival (2022, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
- International Film Festival "Northern Character", Diploma of the 1st Degree (2022, Russia, Murmansk)
- Moscow Premiere International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Salt of the Earth", Jury Diploma (2022, Russia, Samara)
- Radonezh International Festival of Films and TV programs (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- Short Film Days International Film Festival, Diploma for "For visual solution" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- Friborg International Film Festival (2023, Switzerland, Friborg)
- IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY FILM (2023, Bulgaria, Pernik)
- Chelkinofest International Film Festival, Best Non-fiction Film (2023, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- Västerås Film Festival, Best International Short Documentary (2023, Sweden, Västerås)
- International Film Festival of Russia and neighboring countries Lendoc Film Festival, Special Prize (2023, Russia, St. Petersburg)
- Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris (2023, France, Paris)
- Golden Tower International Film Festival (2023, Russia, Ingushetia)
Director’s statement
I was amazed by the courage and tenacity of these people. These people do not know how to complain about life, about the state their in or about anyone else. They do what they are good at. This is a film about human possibilities that have no limits. The protagonists of the film show that a person can adapt to any situation.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Adilet Karzhoev was born on 04.07.1988 in Kyrgyzstan. In 2011, he received a Bachelor's degree from the Kyrgyz-Turkish University "Manas" (department of Radio, TV and Cinema). In 2019, he received a Master’s degree of American University in Central Asia (department of Journalism).
FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - "Black Wagon", documentary film
2019 - "Carousel!", fiction film
2016 - "Thank you, Doctor!", documentary film
2011 - "Sary-oh", documentary film