Aralkum
TITLE
Aralkum
DIRECTOR
Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
COUNTRY
Uzbekistan, Germany
YEAR
2022
DURATION
14′
GENRE
Documentary
Aralkum
A desert landscape, as if from another planet. A few lonely, rusty shipwrecks. Low desert scrub grows around them to hold the sand together during the merciless storms. Aralkum, the Aral Desert, is the bare seabed, the last thing left of the Aral Sea.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
Mila Zhluktenko: Born 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Studied in the Documentary Department at University of Television and Film, Munich. Her films have been screened at numerous filmfestivals including IDFA, Visions du Réel, Camerimage and MoMA, winning multiple awards. Her last shortfilm "Opera Glasses" won the GOLDEN DOVE award at DOK.Leipzig and made it to the semi-finals of the Student Academy Award. Daniel Asadi Faezi: Born 1993 in Germany. Studied in the Documentary Department at University of Television and Film, Munich and National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan. Besides directing he produces documentary and experimental cinema. His films screened at numerous filmfestivals including Locarno, DOK Leipzig, Visions du Réel and Ann Arbor. He is a Berlinale Talents alumni.
- Director Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
- Screenplay Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
- Cinematography Sadriddin Shakhabiddinov
- Editing Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
- Cast Uralbay Utegenov
- Producer/s Fozil Yunusov, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
- Production Company Lotas Film, O'zbekiston Kinematografiya Agentligi
- Distributor/s
- Project Title Aralkum
- Project Type Documentary
- Completion Date April 10, 2022
- Country of origin Uzbekistan
- Country of filming
- Language Kazakh
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project Yes
Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
Mila Zhluktenko: Born 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Studied in the Documentary Department at University of Television and Film, Munich. Her films have been screened at numerous filmfestivals including IDFA, Visions du Réel, Camerimage and MoMA, winning multiple awards. Her last shortfilm "Opera Glasses" won the GOLDEN DOVE award at DOK.Leipzig and made it to the semi-finals of the Student Academy Award. Daniel Asadi Faezi: Born 1993 in Germany. Studied in the Documentary Department at University of Television and Film, Munich and National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan. Besides directing he produces documentary and experimental cinema. His films screened at numerous filmfestivals including Locarno, DOK Leipzig, Visions du Réel and Ann Arbor. He is a Berlinale Talents alumni.
Tirana International Film Festival
Student Documentary Competition, 2022
