CultureNovember 1, 2026
Kyrgyz biopic about Chingiz Aitmatov to open the Korkut Ata Film Festival in Istanbul
"Aitmatov", a biographical film made in Kyrgyzstan, will open the sixth Korkut Ata International Film Festival of the Turkic World. Its international premiere is set for November 3 at the Atlas 1948 cinema in Istanbul. The report comes from Kazinform.
The director is Kanybek Kalmatov. It is described as the first feature film about the writer Chingiz Aitmatov; filming was reported to have begun in Kyrgyzstan in 2025.
The Korkut Ata festival brings together cinema from across the Turkic world and was earlier held in Bursa, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The sixth edition returns to Istanbul. The report does not give the rest of the programme.
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