Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental landlocked country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest. Its capital is Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana until 2019. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the world's largest Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world overall. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre.
Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as a autonomous republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Akmola.
Ibrahim (Abai) Qunanbaiuly was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. His name is also transliterated as Abay Kunanbayev ; among Kazakhs he is known as Abai.
Borat Margaret Sagdiyev is a satirical fictional character created and performed by Sacha Baron Cohen. He is supposedly a Kazakh television journalist and is the main protagonist of the mockumentary Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) and its sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020).
Guerrilla filmmaking refers to a form of independent filmmaking characterized by ultra-low micro budgets, skeleton crews, and limited props using whatever resources, locations and equipment is available. Often scenes are shot quickly in real locations without any warning, and without obtaining filming permits.
Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 mockumentary black comedy film directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Baron Cohen plays the leading role of Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakhstani journalist who travels through the United States to make a documentary which features real-life interactions with Americans. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with real-life Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs. It is the second of four films built around Baron Cohen's characters from Da Ali G Show (2000–2004): the first, Ali G Indahouse, was released in 2002, and featured a cameo by Borat; the third, Brüno, was released in 2009; and the sequel to Borat, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, was released in 2020.
The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the instance and with the support of UNESCO, Paris.
Rashid Nugmanov is a Kazakh film director, dissident, political activist and founder of the Kazakh New Wave cinema movement.
Lepsi, is a village in Sarkand District, Almaty Region, in south-eastern Kazakhstan, located at an altitude of 1,018 meters above sea level. It is 124 km away from the regional center Taldykorgan and 924 km from the capital city of Nur-Sultan. It is located to the south of Lake Balkhash, on the Lepsy River. It is a stop on the train between Almaty and Semey on the Turkestan–Siberia Railway.
Cinema of Kazakhstan refers to the film industry based in Kazakhstan. Cinema in Kazakhstan can be traced back to the early 20th century. Today, Kazakhstan produces approximately fifteen full-length films each year.
The Owners is a 2014 Kazakhstani black comedy-drama film directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Adilkhan Syrlybayevich Sagindykov is a Kazakh taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He picked up a bronze medal in the over-84 kg category at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and attained a fifth-place finish at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing his nation Kazakhstan.
Walnut Tree is a 2015 Kazakhstani film directed by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov in his feature debut. It tells the story of a wedding comedy that shows the everyday lives of people living in a small village in Kazakhstan. It made its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in 2015 and won the New Currents Award. It also won the Critics Jury Award at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France, and the Tulpar Award for Best Film at the Kazakh National Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences on September 30, 2016.
Maxine Weatherby is an American ice dancer who competes for Kazakhstan. With her skating partner, Temirlan Yerzhanov, she is the 2020 Kazakhstani national champion and the 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge bronze medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.
Temirlan "Tima" Mukhtarovich Yerzhanov is a Kazakhstani ice dancer. With his skating partner, Maxine Weatherby, he is the 2020 Kazakhstani national champion and the 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge bronze medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.
Artur Gavrilovich Shushenachev is a Kazakh footballer who plays as a striker for Kairat and the Kazakhstan national team.
Yellow Cat is a 2020 Kazakhstani drama film directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov. It was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
A Dark, Dark Man is a 2019 Kazakhstani crime drama film directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov.
