Emir Baigazin

Emir Baigazin

Director and screenwriter. In 2009, graduated in Film and Theatre Directing from w the Kazakh National Academy of Arts. In 2013, his feature debut, Harmony Lessons, won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for the camera at the Berlinale, Special Jury Mention for Best New Narrative Director at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Main Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival. In 2018, his third film, The River, screened in the Orizzonti section of the Venice International Film Festival (Orizzonti Award for Best Director) and at the Toronto International Film Festival.

selected films

2018 The River
2016 The Wounded Angel
2013 Harmony Lessons