contact: almisk888@gmail.com

She is a director, playwright, and screenwriter from Kazakhstan. For most of her career as a professional filmmaker, Almira has been making other people’s ideas come true within the rigid society of the commercial industry. But the idea of making an honest, creative documentary took possession of her. This intention resulted in the debut film “Burning land”. As the playwright, Almira bravely plunges into the space of non-fiction and explores the chaos of intuitive structure. She believes that the development of arts is possible through the creation of professional communities. This idea led her to curate the Drama.KZ theatre festival and take part in the attempt of creation of the documentary filmmakers’ union in Kazakhstan.

FILMOGRAPHY:

• Burning land / creative documentary / 2024 (pre-production) / as director
• Zumy / short fiction film / 2021 / as screenwriter
• Across the Kazakh land / doc series / 15 episodes for 25 minutes / 2020 / as screenwriter
• About moms / short social documentary / 2020 / as director and screenwriter
• Across Central Asia / doc series / 17 episodes for 25 minutes / 2019 / as screenwriter
• The morning / short film poetry / 2018 / as producer and actress
• How do ballerinas live in Kazakhstan / short documentary / 2017 / as director and screenwriter
• How to clean snow in Almaty / documentary / 2017 / as director and screenwriter
• The problem of suicide in Kazakhstan and the world / short documentary / 2017 / as screenwriter

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

• Burning land / CineDOC-Tbilisi Mentoring Program – New Talents Caucasus and Central Asian Awards / 2022 / winner (cash prize)
• Burning land / Pitching for Central Asian countries – Internews (USAID) / 2022 / winner (cash prize)
• Zumy /  as part of Central Asian Scriptwriting Lab (CASL) organized in the framework of the «Strengthening of the Film Industry in Central Asia» / 2021