Postcard from Bishkek

Following last week’s postcard about developments in Kyrgyz Cinema …  I was intrigued to come across a news item about a young Kyrgyz born filmmaker, Dair Karakeev. The story appeared in a youth orientated newspaper, “Limon“, (“Lemon”), because although the hour and a half long film is not due to receive its premiere until September, [...]

This weekend I got a bit of a surprise and although to say that I was “gobsmacked” might be a bit of an overstatement, I was certainly taken aback.