05/05/2019
Here the transcript of the Jury's Statement during the Award Ceremony of Sehsüchte 2019:
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Somewhere in a winterly town in post-Soviet Kazakhstan, a young woman travels back into her past. Dinaras grandmother has died. Her cozy house is made of wood, filled with carpets, memorabilia, and a chest full of money. Soon, the past knocks on the doors. Director, producer and screenwriter Olga Korotko takes a simple scenario and turns it into a moral tale of Greek proportions in her mesmerizing feature film debut.
Masterfully, she unfolds in her film an intimate play of justice and injustice, right and wrong, privilege and poverty, of honesty and corruption. The images of camerawoman
Aigul Nurbulatova capture Dinaras environment with great care, clarity and detail: A figure in the snow, a potted flower, an ugly painting on a chair. Cut frames of interiors that soon turn into a prison, restricted views, and close-ups of a group of young adults who try to sort a moral and financial dilemma.
Actress Tolganay (Torry ) Talgat, who plays Dinara, is a revelation. Her face hides more than it reveals and gives the audience a fascinating mix of depth and ambiguity. Just like the film’s drama, Talgat’s play is subtle and taken back at first, until a surprising metamorphosis awaits at the end.
We salute Olga Korotko's BAD BAD WINTER as a great artistic achievement in all departments, as a clear, yet controversial comment and hope to see much more of her in the future.
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Нургуль Алпысбаева (Nurgul Alpysbayeva) Zhalgas Jangazin Марат Абишев Ерлан Айгожинов (Yerlan Aigozhinov) Таир Магзумов (Tair Magzumov) Илья Гариев (Ilya Gariyev) Тимур Нурдаулет (Timur Nurdaulet)
