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Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyz: Актан Арым Кубат; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor. Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film Academy, acting Member of Asia Pacific Screen Academy.
Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyz: Актан Арым Кубат; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor.
Aktan Arym Kubat. Aktan Arym Kubat was born on 26 March 1957 in Kuntuu, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR [now Kyrgyzstan]. He is a writer and director, known for The Adopted Son (1998), Maimil (2001) and The Light Thief (2010).
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Kuntuu, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR [now Kyrgyzstan]
May 4, 2023 · Aktan Arym Kubat – better known to Anglophone audiences by his birth name of Aktan Abdykalykov – is by some distance the most feted auteur of modern Kyrgyzstan, films helping to define post-Soviet Kyrgyz cinema thanks to their wins at Europe’s high table in Locarno, Cannes, and Berlin.
Apr 30, 2020 · For many years, Centaur (Aktan Abdykalykov) has been a movie projectionist in the village he lives, but ever since the movie theater became a surrogate mosque for the Muslims in the village community, he spends his time taking care of his deaf-mute wife and their sons.
Apr 28, 2023 · Renowned director, scriptwriter, and actor Aktan Arym Kubat ’s most recent family saga paints a societal portrait of the Kyrgyz post-Soviet era and is the third part of a trilogy, together with his previous works The Light Thief [+. ] and Centaur [+. ].
It was directed by Aktan Abdykalykov, and stars the director's son Mirlan Abdykalykov in the lead role. This simple bildungsroman went on to receive critical acclaim, and won numerous international awards including the Silver Leopard Prize at the 1998 Locarno International Film Festival.
