Festival du Film Kazakh 2025

Grégory Herpe
Oct 31
2 min read

🇫🇷Hier soir, j'étais invité au Festival du film Kazakh, à Paris, pour la projection du film Olma Djon.

Une belle histoire, intense et dont les images sont fascinantes. La beauté irréelle du Kazakhstan, mais aussi la magnifique images de la réalisatrice ouzbek Victoria Yakubova.

Incapable de parler à sa fille devenue muette, Bolot reçoit la visite d'une chamane qui réveille en lui une vieille berceuse.

Guidé vers un verger enneigé (son monde intérieur), il y retrouve ses ancêtres et sa mère.

Cette rencontre lui rend la voix du cœur; celle qui peut rejoindre sa fille.

A noter, la prestation merveille de justesse et d'émotion de l'actrice d'origine kirghize Natasha Mashkevich, qui joue la femme de Bolot.

Au-delà du cinéma, les festivals sont aussi l'occasion de faire des rencontres enrichissantes, et j'ai eu plaisir à faire connaissance du diplomate français Johan Schitterer, qui a tant travaillé en Asie Centrale, de la réalisatrice de documentaires française Mélanie Zadeh, ou encore la Directrice du Centre culturel Kazakh, Mme Bayan Znanbauova.

Félicitation à André Ivanov, fondateur et directeur de ce festival qui gagne à être connu!

🇬🇧Last night, I was invited to the Kazakh Film Festival in Paris for the screening of the film Olma Djon.

It's a beautiful, intense story with fascinating images. The unreal beauty of Kazakhstan, but also the magnificent images of Uzbek director Victoria Yakubova.

Unable to speak to his daughter, who has become mute, Bolot receives a visit from a shaman who awakens an old lullaby in him.

Guided to a snow-covered orchard (his inner world), he finds his ancestors and his mother.

This encounter restores the voice of his heart, the one that can reach his daughter.

Of note is the wonderfully accurate and emotional performance of Kyrgyz actress Natasha Mashkevich, who plays Bolot's wife.

Beyond cinema, festivals are also an opportunity to make enriching encounters, and I had the pleasure of meeting French diplomat Johan Schitterer, who has worked extensively in Central Asia, French documentary filmmaker Mélanie Zadeh, and the Director of the Kazakh Cultural Center, Ms. Bayan Znanbauova.

Congratulations to André Ivanov, founder and director of this festival, which deserves to be better known!