WE LIVE HERE
Kazakhstan 2024 – Director: Zhanana Kurmasheva – Original language: Kazakh, Russian – Subtitles: English – Length: 80 min.
Seen from above, the landscape is scarred with furrows and craters. Nuclear weapons tests were carried out in large parts of the Kazakh Steppe until 1991. Families that lived only a few kilometres away from the test sites at the time are still struggling with the consequences three generations later. A historical and human tale. Emily Schuster-Woldan
Biography
Zhanana Kurmasheva is a Kazakhstani documentary filmmaker and became a co-founder of the collective KazDok in 2022. In 2011, she won the Kulager Prize of the Union of Cinematographers of Kazakhstan. WE LIVE HERE is her debut feature-length film.
Filmography (selection)
I’M HERE, KZ 2021 (six-episode documentary)
QAZAGYM, KZ 2020 (three-episode documentary)
I AM TWENTY YEARS OLD!, KZ 2011 (five-episode documentary)
Nominated for the DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency
The films in this series tell stories from countries in transition. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ and are nominated for the VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte Competition, endowed with 5,000 euros. The award donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.
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English/Original Title: ATAMEKEN. Writer: Zhanana Kurmasheva. Camera: Kuanysh Kurmanbayev. Sound: Ilya Gariyev. Editing: Aidan Serik. Music: Akmaral Mergen. Production: Plan B. Producer: Banu Ramazanova. Distribution: Syndicado Film Sales
