World premiere

1000 Dreams

Local title
Tuhat unelmat
Title in Russian
Тысяча грёз
Original title
Мин кыял
Director
Marat Sarulu
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Year
2021
Programme
Rebels with a Cause Competition
Genre
fantasy film

One day, Nazar walks into the studio of his partner’s ex-husband, Arsen. He looks around his computer and finds something that changes his life. Arsen is an artist who creates fictional worlds into which he loses himself. The romance between reality and the imaginary begins. Dreams and fantasies are forever intertwined with life here and now.

The director, who is also an artist and creator, shows the viewer the inner world, the images and imaginations of a creative person, but also their relationship between fiction and a rather harsh reality. The protagonist’s journey is full of deep love but also loneliness, which has been expressed through powerful images. It is so masterfully made that this film’s visual narration does not leave a viewer with sensitive vision untouched.

Marat Sarulu has been awarded the prize for the best director in Tallinn Black Nights 2014 edition (“The Move”).

Dora Lall

Director
Marat Sarulu
Screenwriter
Marat Sarulu, Emil Jumabaev
Cast
Bekova Jyldyz, Akmaral Uzbekova, Kurmanbek Mamyrov, Aziz Yusupov, Meerim Atantaeva
Producer
Akjol Bekbolotov
DoP
Boris Troshev
Editor
Arzhuna Asanov, Azat Mamunov
Music
Murzali Jeenbaev
Runtime
Language
Kyrgyz
Subtitles
English
Director
Marat Sarulu

Marat Sarulu (snd 1957)

In Spe (1994), Altyn Kyrghol (My Brother Silk Road, 2002), Burnaja reka, bezmiateznoje more (The Rough River, the Placid Sea, 2005), Pesni yuzhnykh morey (Lõunamerede laulud, PÖFF 2008), Sol (2011), Köch (Ümberasumine, PÖFF 2014), Ming Kiyal (1000 Dreams, 2021)

Screenings

8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120604 / Tuhat unelmat
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsKurmanbek Mamyrov - lead Actor
Q&A duration
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4th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120302 / Tuhat unelmat
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsKurmanbek Mamyrov - lead Actor
Q&A duration
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Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening161603 / Tuhat unelmat
SubtitlesEnglish
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Hall Athena Center, Tartu
Screening172106 / Tuhat unelmat
SubtitlesEnglish
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Trailer