Qash
During the 1930s famine in the Kazakh ASSR, gravedigger Isatay sets out for the nearest city on a dangerous mission to save his village. On the way, he meets a wanderer who points him toward a road leading nowhere.
- Year
- 2022
- Duration
- 113 minutes
- Director
- Aisultan Seitov
- Screenplay
- Ablay Nurmanbetov
- Producer
- Yerkebulan Kurishbayev
- Producer
- Evgeniya Moreva
- Cinematography
- Azamat Dulatov
- Cinematography
- Bagdat Arginov
- Cinematography
- Evgeniy Kozlov
- Production designer
- Nazira Baibekova
- Composer
- Akmaral Mergen
- Starring
- Yerkebulan Daiyrov
- Ondassyn Besikbassov
- Isbek Abilmazhinov
- Tolganay Talgat
- Alexander Pal
- Varvara Shmykova
- Sultan Nurmukha
Awards
- Shanghai International Film Festival 2023
- Winner: Best Director — Aisultan Seitov
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2023
- Winner: Best Cinematography — Azamat Dulatov (QASH)
- The Kazakhstan Association of Film Critics — Critics Choice 2023
- Winner: Best Debut — Aisultan Seitov Winner: Best Cinematography — Azamat Dulatov Winner: Best Music — Akmaral Zykayeva
- Alternativa Film Awards 2023
- Winner: Resonance — Aisultan Seitov
- Bastau International Film Festival 2023
- Special award: Breakthrough of the Year (QASH)
- Asian Film Awards 2023
- Nominee: Best Cinematography — Azamat Dulatov Nominee: Best Original Music — Akmaral Mergen
- Camerimage Festival 2023 (Poland)
- Nominee: Best Directorial Debut (QASH)
- Cottbus Film Festival 2023
- Close-Up: Kazakhstan section participant — QASH
- Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2023
- Asian Perspectives program participant — QASH
- Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2024
- Main program — QASH
- Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival 2024
- Opening film — QASH