Harmony Lessons

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Harmony Lessons
Film poster
Directed byEmir Baigazin
Written byEmir Baigazin
Produced byAnna Katchko
StarringTimur Aidarbekov
CinematographyAziz Zhambakiyev
Release date
  • 14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) (Berlin)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesKazakhstan
Germany
LanguagesKazakh
Russian

Harmony Lessons (

Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution for camera work at the Berlinale
in 2013.

Plot

Harmony Lessons is set in a small Kazakhstan village, where Aslan, a thirteen-year-old boy living with his grandmother is a diligent student, bullied by an older boy Bolat and his gang connected with adult criminals and prisoners. The plot concerns Aslan's humiliations, and slow revenge.

Cast

The cast includes:[1]

  • Timur Aidarbekov as Aslan
  • Aslan Anarbayev as Bolat
  • Mukhtar Andassov as Mirsain
  • Anelya Adilbekova as Akzhan
  • Omar Adilov as Mad
  • Adlet Anarbekov as Takhir
  • Daulet Anarbekov as Damir
  • Nursultan Nurbergenov as Maksat
  • Nurdaulet Orazymbetov as Daniyar
  • Erasyl Nurzhakyp as Arsen
  • Assan Kirkabakov as Shikan
  • Ramazan Sultanbek as Gani

Production

Harmony Lessons won the

World Cinema Fund Prize in January 2013, becoming first Kazakhstan’s project to be supported by the Fund.[2]

Release

The film premiered in competition at the

Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution for camera work.[4]

The film was also screened at the

Baygazin was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing for Harmony Lessons.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Harmony Lessons - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan's Emir Baygazin movie got Berlinale World Cinema Fund prize". Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete". berlinale. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". berlinale. Archived from the original on 16 December 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Harmony Lessons - 2013 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Winners & Nominees 2013". asiapacificscreenacademy.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.

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