Kyrgyzstan / 2025 / Fiction, Experimental / 11’30”I2606434
Twelve-year-old Saykal arrives at her grandmother’s village for the summer holidays, expecting a carefree escape. Instead, she is thrust into a male-dominated world when her grandmother finds her a job as the administrator of the local billiard club. Surrounded by unfamiliar, adult male energy, Saykal finds herself disoriented and vulnerable. But it is the sudden arrival of her first period that truly shakes her — a quiet yet powerful moment that marks the beginning of her inner transformation. Caught between childhood and adolescence, she begins to sense that something within her is irreversibly changing...
Director
Production
Referent
Sales
Script
Camera
Erzhan Arakeev
Editing
Asman Ulanbekov
Sound Mixing
Nursultan Maksatbekov
Decors
Tolon Zholdoshbekov
Cast / With
Aibike Zhanyshbekova
Tynystan Temirzhan
Turganbubu Boobekova
Salik Turarbekov