Project Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCXD49uESW4Uqz4I0-ONKER3dV66Sjqr/view?usp=sharing

The Gift

A seven-year-old girl believes that a mole on her lip is a gift from God and will make all her wishes come true, even her dream to become the son her father has never had...

  • Dalmira Joy Tilepbergen
    Director
  • Dalmira Joy Tilepbergenova
    Writer
    Under Heaven, This is what I remember
  • Gulmira Kerimova
    Producer
  • Jannat Kuruchbekova
    Key Cast
    "Arno"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    BELEK
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 28 minutes
  • Production Budget:
    60,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Kyrgyzstan
  • Country of Filming:
    Kyrgyzstan
  • Language:
    Kirghiz
  • Shooting Format:
    dcp
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.40
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Dalmira Joy Tilepbergen

Dalmira is a film director, screenwriter and poet and has more than 20 years’ experience of working in film and literature. After completing a post graduate film course in Moscow she made numerous documentaries and short films in Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
Her first feature film Under Heaven has been screened at many international film festivals in Canada, USA, Russia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Turkey, India, Sri-Lanka etc. The film has won several awards and prizes. In 2015, at the Montreal World Film Festival, it received a Special Jury mention for best feature film debut and at the Bengaluru International Film Festival, won the Grand-Prix as well as the NETPAC prize. At the New York International Film Festival the film won the Jury prize, whilst in Yakutsk (Russia) it won the award for Best Actor.
Dalmira's poems and stories have been translated into Chinese, English, Finnish, Azerbaijan, Korean and other languages. In addition, she is a member of NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema), the Director’s Guild of Russia and the Union of Filmmakers in Kyrgyzstan.
She graduated: 1. Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek (Philology faculty); 2. High Courses for Filmmakers and Scriptwriters in Moscow; 3. New York Film Academy (Producing class) in Los Angeles

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Director Statement


I am a film director from Kyrgyzstan, Cental Asia.
This is my second feature film and it based on true story of my life. My father died when I was 7 years old and the last word, I said to him was "I wish you were died." So, this film is about a responsibility of what we say and think.
I wish Goodluck to your fest and will be happy to take part on it.