Stories of people and entire regions of Kazakhstan — on the big screen. Taldykorgan hosted the From Chronicle to the Future film lecture series organized by the Kazakh President’s TV and Radio Complex. The first screening featured the documentary Aral, about the fisherman Kuntugan Turgynbayev. The two-day program also included Sert, about the 2024 floods; Kuatty Seriktes, about cooperation between Kazakhstan and Japan; and The Man from Kulaly Island, about the head of a meteorological station on the Caspian Sea. After the screenings, audiences had the opportunity to meet the filmmakers and learn more about how the documentaries were made.
«The story of the Aral Sea was told through the life of 77-year-old Kuntugan Turgynbayev. Hearing his story gives you a completely different perspective on the sea and a deeper sense of what it was like in the past. And, of course, we were delighted to see that the shrinking Aral Sea is gradually filling with water again. As for the film Sert, its creators have done a tremendous amount of work. They met with residents of areas affected by the floods in four or five regions and managed to bring their stories together into a complete picture,» said Daniyar Zhanys, a resident of Taldykorgan.
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