SYNOPSIS
Kyrgyzstan's lake, Issyk-Kull, is as big as an ocean while completely surrounded by mountains. On the northern side of the lake there is a lonely single storey school with white walls. Talip, the Russian language teacher doesn't work there anymore, he is retired. But…is it possible for the Russian literature to die-out? And the seagulls that fly above the Issyk -Kul lake…aren't they like Chekhov's seagulls? Talip convinces his pupils to make a performance of the “Seagull” in Russian. Though, it seems that nobody except for the big Issyk-Kul Lake wishes to interact with him. Old, an outcast, a devoted fan of the Russian culture, lonely and angry, poor but full of energy, he will fight for his idea even if it will cost him his life.
Awards
Best Director | Kyrgyz Short FF, Kyrgyzstan, 2012
Best Short | Young Cinema Forum, Kyrgyzstan, 2012
Best Short, Best Script | Saint Anna FF, Russia, 2013
CAST & CREW
Elizaveta Stishova
Director
Producer(s)
Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Maria Avakova, Natalia Demidova
Script
Alisa Khmelnitskaya
Director of Photography
Alexandr Pochepko
Music by
Asan Chyngyzbayev, Fedor Sofronov
Sound
Andrey Gurianov
Edit
Elizaveta Stishova
Cast
Asan Amanov, Aidana Satybekova, Yunus Tekche
Production company(ies)
Sleep Well pictures, Aitysh Film
Elizaveta Stishova
Born 1980, Moscow, Russia. Stishova graduated in the Faculty of Directing from the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS). From 2001-07 she worked as an actress at School of Drama Art Theatre. Stishova attended Higher Courses of Directors and Scriptwriters in 2007-09 at V. Menshov then moved to Aitysh Film, Kyrgyzstan as a director. In parallel with shooting several short films in 2011, she was also the second crew director in two feature films.
Filmography
I Am Not Chaplin (2007, short), Arta (2008, short), The Hen (2008, short), Watering (2009, short), The Seagull (2012, short).
