An animated story about the 20th Century history of a Music Hall in the UK with animated examples of songs and humour. Why does this theatrical artwork, that helped to establish comedy in the movies disappear? This is a film that has been 8 years in the making, the final year while the filmmaker was battling cancer.

Directed By: Tim Eric Wilson

15 Minutes

Animation

United Kingdom

The old story, which we all heard in childhood and read in textbooks, is the story of a struggle where living beings compete with each other for survival, and people win all and are the pinnacle of evolution. In the 21st century, this story brought us to the brink of disaster, and now is the time to tell another story - a story in which we are all connected to each other and are part of a whole.

Directed By: Alexandra Pivovarova

6 Minutes

Animation

Sweden

The film encapsulates the entangled life of thieves. The story of two people who entered a barn to steal sheep at the same time.

Which will be tricked/trapped and which will escape?

Directed By: Ramazan Haliolla, Zhanat Zhailybai

4 Minutes

Drama

Kazakhstan

During the hungry winter of 1922, peasant Khaibulla lost his only horse - the pride and heritage of Bashkir. To save his family from starvation, Khaibulla goes in search of a horse to the nearest village, whose inhabitants are ready to do anything to feed themselves.

Directed By:

36 Minutes

Drama

Russian Federation

There are three classic reactions to stress: fight, run or freeze. Eve runs. Young and expressive russian-french coquette returns to Moscow. Eve will play in a theatre, but most probably, she is not an actress. Miron chooses fight. Theatre director aim to become Eve’s teacher, father, dictator. Eve is probably still engaged, when she meets Artem. Artem choses to freeze…

Kino o Eve proclaims the importance of continuous asking "What is important? And what is not?". Until it comes to the insight and understanding of the law of cause and effect: things that happen to me are consequences of my doings.

Directed By:

24 Minutes

Drama

Russian Federation

A lonely 12-year-old girl, thoughtfully walking along the railroad meets a handsome 18 year old guy who seems to be lost in the woods. He decides to join her and find out who she is and what she hides in her suitcase. She tells him stories from her difficult life, full of sadness and fear. She opens to him the world of memories of her family, through fantastic imagery.

Each of the stories involves the guy in its own original atmosphere, opening the doors to a child's fantasy for him, which is able to transform familiar forms and events into metaphorical symbols.

But suddenly, the girl runs away. Having caught up with her, the guy finds out what could bind them.

Directed By:

13 Minutes

Drama

Russian Federation

Mitya is a child with autism, but passionately loves the world of music. Through music, Mitya feels the harmony of the world. One day, Mitya sees that one of the famous musicians of her country has arrived in the city. Mitya wants to get to his concert. Mitya's dream comes true in an unexpected way.

Directed By:

21 Minutes

Drama

Russian Federation

"The River Banks" reveals a little-known story of the Netherlands’ liberation from French dominance.

Directed By: Andrey Esaulov, Alexey Klimov

35 Minutes

Documentary

Russian Federation

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, former USSR.

In this city where old houses are destroyed and their occupants are evicted all around, Rimma and her granddaughter Katia are waiting for the scheduled demolition of their old house in order to be rehoused in one of the buildings that are springing up everywhere in the city. The preparations for the move disrupt their daily life.

French-Tajik filmmaker Gulya Mirzoeva follows their intimacy and their journey towards a new life.

Directed By: Gulya Mirzoeva

1 Hour 3 Minutes

Documentary

France

The film tells about the Mangistau region, its rich mineral resources and geographical location, historical monuments, ancient caravan routes, the diversity of nature, the Kazakh steppe was an important point in the conflict between the two countries. And also the gateway to Central Asia. They depict the burials and pilgrimage of nomads. According to them, viewers can understand in what era this tribe lived, what political events they had to go through, as well as the level of their cultural field.

Directed By: Ақбөбек Нурбаулықызы Төлжанова

14 Minutes

Documentary

Kazakhstan

“The Detached” is a monologue of one Chukchi man and the whole ethnic group at the same time. It’s a story of their life, Motherland, and also of the things that cause the Chukchi to break away from their roots.

This film is a possible projection of our future, as by choosing the blessings of civilization, we risk losing ourselves. Is there a way to get out of the "blizzard"? It seems that the Chukchi know the answer...

Directed By: Vladimir Krivov

1 Hour 4 Minutes

Documentary

Russian Federation

Eight travelers from different parts of the world came together to explore a mysterious lake in the mountains of Central Asia.

Surrounded by the culture of Kazakhstan, travelers will get acquainted with local people, traditions and their way of life. They are waiting for adventures that they will never forget!

Directed By: Almas Maksut

29 Minutes

Documentary

Kazakhstan

The narrative of the everyday life of Romina, a 21-year-old girl who works in a cafe and has a sexual orientation that is not accepted in Iranian society. She tries various ways to leave Iran, but in the end, can she achieve her goal?

Directed By: Atefeh Saboor

54 Minutes

Documentary

Islamic Republic of Iran

TBC

Father of seventeen-year-old Alik is arrested for committing a series of brutal murders. After the trial, Alik and his mother move on to begin a new life.

Meanwhile he doesn’t suspect that he has become the object of research for Sonya, a graduate student of psychology department of the University of the MIA. Alik becomes a gift of fate for the ambitious and career-oriented Sonya at her PhD thesis "The influence of genes in the children of serial killers"

Directed By: Eugene Tatarov

1 Hour 25 Minutes

Drama

Russian Federation

Based on the harrowing true events of the Katyn Massacre in Spring 1940; In post-WW2 England, ambitious journalist Stephen Underwood (Alex Pettyfer) comes across a disturbing spate of suicides by Polish soldiers. Sensing a story, his first port of call is Colonel Janusz Pietrowski, a Liaison Officer for the re- settlement of Polish troops under British command, but the meeting with Pietrowski leaves Stephen unsettled, and from here his investigation escalates as he finds himself embroiled in a dangerous, multi-layered conspiracy concerning the execution of 22,000 Polish military and civilians by Stalin's secret police.

Directed By: Piotr Szkopiak

1 Hour 33 Minutes

Thriller

United Kingdom

Guest Film

1 Hour 30 Minutes

Russian Federation

Dimash Qudaibergen’s short film is dedicated to the unity of people on our planet. We are all divided into races, nations and religions, but we are all children of one planet and live under one sky. Life is the highest value.

Qudaibergen is a Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He acted as a composer, author of the script and performer.

Directed By: Alina Veripya

13 Minutes

Inspiration

Kazakhstan

The Crying Steppe is based on true events that befell the indigenous population of Kazakhstan during the 1920s and 1930s, when 8.5 million people died from hunger during the Great Famine, as a result of Soviet repression. The film tells the story of an eagle hunter named Turar and his wife Nuria who overcome blind fear of death and despair in an attempt to save their desperate family and village; where inhabitants were dying of hunger during the tragic and heartbreaking events occurring, which eventually forced 1.5 million people to leave their native homeland.

Directed By: Marina Kunarova

1 Hour 48 Minutes

Drama

Kazakhstan

Join the Eurasian Creative Guild and The Romford Film Festival for the festival Awards event.

Photography on the red carpet will begin at 7pm with the ceremony beginning at 8pm sharp.

The projectionist bar will be open from 5pm on the evening of the ceremony until late. The bar will not be open during the ceremony.