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ART FEST filmmakers offered four superheroes to Astana
Participants of the youth contest ART FEST held during the 3rd ASTANA Action Film Festival made four superheroes of Astana.
11 July 2012
Alleged Australia killer on the run wins film role
A man wanted over a beheading murder who was eventually captured in the Australian Outback auditioned to be a film extra while on the run -- winning the role of a policeman in a homicide thriller.
05 July 2012
Raunchy teddy bear 'Ted' tops N. America box office
"Ted," starring Mark Wahlberg and his raunchy teddy bear pal, topped the North American box office this weekend, besting the male strippers of "Magic Mike," industry figures showed Monday.
03 July 2012
A joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton opens Astana Film Festival
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton, has been selected the opening film of the festival in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2012
Bekmambetov’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” won’t be a moneymaking movie
The movie is extremely controversial, nobody has filmed the U.S. presidents chasing vampires with an axe before: Kazakhstan-born director Timur Bekmambetov.
03 July 2012
Bekmambetov wants to make Astana new Asian cinema hub
The organizers of the Festival have invited young filmmakers from the most famous Asian film schools to find a new Astana super-hero.
02 July 2012
Israeli Film Festival to be held in Almaty
A festival of Israeli films will be held in Almaty on July 1-4.
27 June 2012
Kazakhstan movie Sunny Days showed in Valencia Film Festival
Sunny Days movie directed by Nariman Turebayev from Kazakhstan took part in 27th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove.
26 June 2012
The Dictator banned 2 weeks after premiere in Kazakhstan
The Dictator, a new movie starring scandalous Sacha Baron Cohen, known as Borat, has been banned from screens two weeks after its premiere in Kazakhstan.
01 June 2012
More than 200 people applied for participation in ART FEST
More than 200 people applied for participation in ART FEST.
20 May 2012
Kazakhstan Film Festival to be held in Los Angeles
Kazakhstan: Kaleidoscope of Movies Film Festival will be held in Los Angeles on August 3-9.
14 May 2012
Armand Assante's Dialogue from the Steppes bests in the American Film Festival
Dialogue from the Steppes, a film about Kazakhstan by Armand Assante,was named the best short documentary in Gasparilla Film Festival
09 April 2012
Tim Burton liked Kazakhstan's Black Swan
Tim Burton liked Kazakhstan's remake of Black Swan movie that won "Done in 60 Seconds" competition in London.
31 March 2012
Anshy Bala got The Best Foreign Drama Award in USA
Anshy Bala (The Hunter Boy) movie won The Best Foreign Drama Award in International Family Film Festival in Hollywood.
30 March 2012
Kazakhstan filmmaker won "Done in 60 Seconds" competition in London
Remake of Black Swan movie made by Indira Suleymenova from Kazakhstan became a winner of 2012 Done in 60 Seconds competition.
28 March 2012
PHOTO: More than one million dollars spent on the first Kazakhstan film about dances
Presentation of the first Kazakhstan movie about dances was held in one of Almaty night clubs.
26 March 2012
Movie about Kazakhstan apple tree got Audience Award in French Festival
A documentary film The Origins of the Apple by Catherine Peix got the Audience Award in the International Film Festival of Asian Cinema.
19 March 2012
"The Dash" movie won Jury Award in Ukrainian Film Festival
Sports drama "The Dash" has won Special Jury Award in Stupeni (The Steps) Ukrainian International Human Rights Film Festival.
16 March 2012
Return to A by Konchalovskiy to participate in Oscar Nominees Festival
Return to A, military drama directed by Yegor Konchalovskiy, is taking part in the Cinema Mundi Festival held in Czech Brno.
12 March 2012
Myn Bala movie’s premiere set for April
Release of the major and the most expected Akan Satayev’s Myn Bala movie will take place in April 2012.
04 March 2012