The Karaganda actor received the award for the best male role at the international film festival

Actor of the Karaganda regional Academic Kazakh Drama Theater named after Saken Seifullin Kairat Kemalov became the winner of the International Film Festival of the Turkic world "Korkyt Ata". In the competition of feature films, he was awarded the prize for the best male role.

The film festival was held in Bursa (Turkey). It brought together cinematographers and cultural figures of Turkic countries and peoples from Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

Kazakhstani filmmakers were awarded three awards. Among them is the famous actor of theater and cinema Kairat Kemalov. The Honored Worker of Kazakhstan won in the nomination "Best Male Role" for the image embodied in the feature film "Ak boz uy" ("Lonely Yurt").

The film was shot by Asau Art Films studio last year. This is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the famous Kazakh writer Smagul Yelubai. The film tells a real story about the trials that befell the inhabitants of the Kazakh village in the 30s of the last century.

Director Begars Yelubai dedicated the film to the 100th anniversary of the Holodomor in Kazakhstan. Kairat Kemalov played the role of biya Pakhraddin.

– My first big movie role was the role of Kerey in the film "The Kazakh Khanate". The writer Smagul Yelubai, who created the script for this film, invited me to the main role in "Ak boz uy". This is a film about difficult years, about genocide and famine. Filming took place in Mangystau. Two months were filmed on the sand in 60-degree heat. It was difficult, but interesting. The award was a complete surprise for me," says Kairat Kemalov.