The Kazakh film won a prestigious award at the USA Film Festival

The film directed by Alina Mustafina "Gingerbread for Her Father, My Great-grandfather, her Grandfather" won the Sikay Tang Critical Lens Award, one of the main awards, at the 48th Asian American International Film Festival, the oldest and most prestigious Asian film festival in the United States.

The award is named after the outstanding director and editor Sikay Tang and is awarded to documentaries that explore important social and cultural topics through a deep and innovative cinematic perspective.

This year, 12 films are presented in the documentary program of the festival. Only three were awarded a nomination, including a Kazakhstani film.

"Gingerbread for her father, my great-grandfather, her grandfather" is a road movie about three generations of women from Kazakhstan who travel to Poland to visit the grave of their great-grandfather who died in World War II. The film raises the themes of searching for roots, identity, continuity, and rethinking the past.

The project has already been celebrated internationally, including the world premiere at the Busan Film Festival (South Korea), the European premiere in Turin (Italy), the Grand Prix for the best film at the Cinema Verite Festival (Iran), the Presidential Prize for Outstanding Debut at the Bastau Festival (Kazakhstan), as well as a special screening. at the Bolzano Bozen Film Festival (Italy) and ORAI Festival. In addition, the film became the first documentary project nominated for the Critics' Choice Award in Kazakhstan in the Best Debut category.

The film was created with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the National Cinema Support Center.

Press  Service of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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