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Segiz

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!

  • Almas Maksut
    Director
  • Almas Maksut
    Writer
  • Ilyas Otan
    Writer
  • Ilyas Otan
    Producer
  • Brennan Kurfees
    Cameraman
  • Angelica Sanchez
    Cameraman
  • Dauren Kamshybayev
    Cameraman
  • Almas Maksut
    Cameraman
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Television, Other
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 14, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Kazakhstan
  • Country of Filming:
    Kazakhstan
  • Language:
    English, Estonian, French, German, Kazakh, Russian, Spanish, Urdu
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Road Movie Festival
    Pilsen
    Czech Republic
    October 1, 2021
    World Premiere
    Audience Award for Best Documentary Film
  • Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
    Toronto
    Canada
    October 5, 2021
    Finalist September 2021
  • Vancouver Independent Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    July 31, 2021
    Finalist July 2021
  • ECG Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    May 23, 2023
    Official selection
  • Venus Community Awards
    İstanbul
    Turkey
    May 17, 2023
    Award winner
Distribution Information
  • Ilyas Otan
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Almas Maksut

Previously, he worked as a graphic designer and photojournalist in a print publishing house. Since 2012, he has been starting fruitful work (video shooting and editing) with the artist Askhat Akhmedyarov (performance and art video). From 2012 to 2017, he filmed increasing civil protests in Kazakhstan. After some publications on YouTube, arrests and interrogations of the participants and the author himself followed. Since 2017, he has been shooting with film director Yerbol Zhumagulov, with whom he began making documentaries. He also works as a cameraman and editor with director Rayhan Rahim, with whom he has made three documentaries. In 2020, he is shooting an international documentary film Segiz, where he is the director of the film. In the same year, he makes an environmental film RIVER (dir: Sanat Urnaliev) for Radio Liberty. After the release of the film, he continues to cooperate with the editorial office of Radio Liberty and makes a second film for them, Qyzdar (dir: Sanat Urnaliyev)

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