A love of the land and its people seem to come part and parcel with the cinematic traditions of Central Asia, with Sadyk Sher-Niyaz’s ‘Queen of the Mountains’ serving as a recent example of this, fuelling a passionate fire for national pride. A public figure with a political history in his home land, Sher-Niyaz also founded the Asian World Film Festival in L.A. to help promote the voices of the sprawling Asian continent underrepresented on the world stage. Making its international premiere at Busan International Film Festival, however, is the Sher-Niyaz co-written venture with director Aibek Daiyrbekov ‘The Song of the Tree’, a vivid retelling of such Kyrgyz folklore through warm and inviting musical numbers against an unforgettable tapestry of the Tien Shan range.
The Song of the Tree had its international premiere at Busan International Film Festival
Set during the 1800s, Kyrgyzstan’s first ever musical tells...
The Song of the Tree had its international premiere at Busan International Film Festival
Set during the 1800s, Kyrgyzstan’s first ever musical tells...
- 10/18/2018
- by Jamie Cansdale
- AsianMoviePulse
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