SchizaKazakhstan / Russia / France / Germany
2004, 86min.
 Script: Segei Bodrov, Gulshat Omarova, Dir.: Gulshat Omarova, Dir of Phot.: Khasan Kydyraliyev, music by Sigfried, Prod. design.: Talgat Asyrankoulov, Edit.: Ivan Lebedev, Sound: Andrei Vlaznev, Prod.: Sergei Azimov, Sergei Bodrov, Natasha Devillers.
Cast: Oldzhas Nusupbayev, Olga Landina, Eduard Tabishev, Viktor Sukhorukov, Gulnara Yeraliyeva, Khorabek Musabayev, Bakhytbek Baymukhanbetov.
Fifteen-year-old Mustafa has a nickname, Schiza. He is hired by his mother’s boyfriend to find fighters for illegal fighting. His life is changed forever when a young man, mortally beaten in one of the fights, asks Schiza to deliver his prize money to his girlfriend and young son. Schiza takes the money to the woman as promised and falls in love with her. Now he knows for whom he has to make money for, no matter what the cost. In fistfights, there are no rules until blood is spilled.
Awards
Best Debut Award, Kinotavr, Russia; Best Actor Award; Morocco IFF; Best Film by Female Director, XV Copenhagen IFF; FIPRESCI Award, Haifa IFF, Israel; Best Actor Award, Tokyo IFF, Best Film & Don Quixote Award, Cottbus IFF, Germany. | Omarova, Gulshat (Guka) Gulshat (Guka) Omarova (born in 1968, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
She worked as an actress before she studied Journalism and Documentary Film Directing. In the late 90’s she directed several documentaries and shorts. She also wrote the script for Sisters together with Sergei Bodrov. Since 2001 she lives in Rotterdam. Schizo is her first feature.
Filmography
That heart of mine (1998, short), The Landscape of the Bodies. The Clay project (1999, short), Kaptain Kat (1999, doc), Schizo (2004)
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