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- Actor
- Director
Yankovsky was named best actor in a 1984 reader poll by Soviet Screen for his role in "In Love Because He Wants to Be." He was awarded the State Prize in 1987 for his role in "Flying Asleep and Awake." In 1989 he received the Vasiliev State Prize for his role in "The Kreutzer Sonata." Yakovsky was given the lifetime achievement award at the 1983 All-Union Film Festival. He won the best actor NIKA in 1991, and in the same year was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union. Yankovsky was born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Slonov Theater Academy in Saratov. In 1965 he joined the Saratov Drama Theater, moving to Moscow's Lenkom Theater in 1973. He has presided over the Kinotavr Russian Open Film Festival since 1993.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Adilkhan Yerzhanov was born on 7 August 1982 in Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan]. Adilkhan is a director and writer, known for The Owners (2014), A Dark, Dark Man (2019) and The Gentle Indifference of the World (2018). Adilkhan is married to Inna Smailova.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Educated at the V.I. Surikov Artistic Academy (Moscow) in theatre and film art and production design, Oleg is one of the leading feature film directors in Russia and the FSU. Oleg's training as a production designer coupled with his directing experience in theatre, his work with Russia's top music talent in over 200 music videos, and his success as a feature film director have seen his visually stunning feature films have been in more than 20 territories worldwide including USA, Germany, Sweden, France, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Japan, Thailand, India etc.
Oleg had directed and/or been production designer on more that 200 music videos winning the Best Foreign Music Video at the MTV Awards in 2000. He has been Production Designer for more than 15 plays in the leading theaters in Russian and the FSU. He conceived and directed the video content for Russian Pop star Fillip Kirkorov's concert program. The premiere screenings of his two previous feature films "Jacked$" and "Velvet Revolution" as director took place in Los Angeles in 2005 and 2006. He is the co-author of the book "A Man's Season - Velvet Revolution". Oleg was production designer for the first ever commercial filmed in space for Tnuva Milk which is in the Guinness Book of Records for same.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Akan Satayev was born on 23 December 1971 in Karaganda, Karagandinskaya oblast, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He is a producer and director, known for Strayed (2009), The Legend of Tomiris (2019) and Zhauzhürek myng bala (2012).- Vladimir Steklov was born on 3 January 1948 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Bomzh (Bez opredelyonnogo mesta zhitelstva) (1992), Moy luchshiy drug, general Vasiliy, syn Iosifa (1991) and The Inner Circle (1991).
- Actor
- Writer
- Editor
Aleksandr Karpov was born on 1 August 1964 in Karaganda, USSR. He is an actor and writer, known for Forsaken (2018), Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolyutsiya (2005) and Forbidden Empire (2014).- Writer
- Director
- Art Director
Chingiz Karibekov was born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. A town known colloquially as "the middle of nowhere".
He graduated from RITCS in Belgium, cutting his teeth making music videos for artists such as Bob Marley, Robin Schulz and Cool Joe, and commercials for clients such as Brussels Airport and Bozar.
He has written and produced award-winning short films, BOI & Da Yie, nominated for the BAFTA LA and Student Academy Awards.
He co-wrote the miniseries, Shaq, for VRT. His feature-length film, Postcard, won second prize at the Sam Spiegel FilmLab. His TV-series, Clemenceau, was selected for Torino Series Lab 2020. He is selected for Kids Kino Lab 2021. In 2020, he was listed as one of the ten most promising filmmakers in Belgium and Netherlands by the NRC, national newspaper.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
David Helmut was born on 28 December 1986 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR. He is a director and actor, known for Wrong - Unzensiert (2022), Pestana (2017) and Ketapan (2017).- Director
- Writer
Genadijs Zemels was born on 9 March 1952 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Latviesi ?! (1989), Borshch iz frantsuzskikh lyagushek (1999) and Lyudoyed (1991).- Actor
- Composer
Kai Metov was born on 19 September 1964 in Karaganda, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR. He is an actor and composer, known for Realno nerealnaya istoriya (2023), Osobennosti natsionalnoy marshrutki (2013) and Restoran po ponyatiyam (2022).- Akhmad Kadyrov was born on 23 August 1951 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He was a producer, known for Posledniy boy imama (2005) and Putin's Hidden War (2004). He died on 9 May 2004 in Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Producer
Yuri Kaplan was born on June 25, 1988 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. He has three sisters and one half-sister. At the age of eight Yuri moved to Israel for one year. At nine he moved to Canada, after which he moved back and forth between Canada and Israel throughout his adolescence. Through this he gained a strong sense of Hebrew and Canadian culture while maintaining a balance of Russian language and culture at home. Yuri is fluent in English, Russian and Hebrew. From 2009-2012 Yuri served in the Israeli Defense Forces in the Combat Engineering Unit. During his time in the forces he moved up in rank from Private to Corporal, and graduated as Sergeant.
From a young age Yuri loved film. He loved watching story lines unfold and creating his own scenarios in his mind. At first Yuri loved creating his own plots and twists on the movies that he watched but those scenarios branched out from the movies that he was watching and began revolving around his own life events; scenarios of what could have or would have been. Yuri started seeing film as a means of self-reflection and self-expression.
Since 2013 Yuri has been learning as much as possible about the process of film making. He began as a background actor and has since studied in various acting and stunt schools in the Toronto area. Yuri is certified with Fight Directors Canada as an Intermediate Actor Combatant in small sword, long sword, quarterstaff, rapier and dagger, and single sword. Yuri has also studied acting at Armstrong Acting Studios, Second City and Sears & Switzer among others.
In June 2014 Yuri started doing stunts when he met Goran Stjepanovic. A few months later he produced Last Chance where he was in charge of various crew jobs while performing stunts. In the fall of 2014 Yuri played a role in the short film Bevy of Brollies for the Toronto 48 Hour Film Festival.
In the Spring of 2015 Yuri had his first key role in a short film for Sheridan College. A Week later he had another main role in a short film for York University.
In early 2015 Yuri finally stepped into his first lead role in the feature film, Can't Escape. While performing this role he was also involved in the writing and pre-production process as well.
Since playing his lead role as Dmitri Kuznitskiy, Yuri has he taken on a few other lead roles in short films. Most recently he has stepped into yet another role in a feature film playing the male lead in the action-comedy Morse Code.- Aleksandr Sukhinin was born on 31 July 1950 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Solovey-Razboynik (2012), Antikiller 2: Antiterror (2003) and Zelyonaya kareta (2015).
- Egor Kuchkarov was born on 14 June 1995 in Shakhtinsk, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. He is an actor, known for Vperedi den (2018).
- Maxim Mityashin was born on 17 November 1980 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Mission: Sky (2021), Sunrise (Voshod) (2022) and Killer (2022).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Anastasiya Osipova was born on 5 January 1985 in Karaganda, Karagandinskaya oblast, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. She is an actress, known for Fabrika zvezd (2002), MTV Russia Music Awards 2007 (2007) and Snova zhzhet Novyy god 2012 (2011).- Aray Bekembayev was born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan on November 16, 1990, to Kazakh parents Gulnar and Zhaxylyk, both medical doctors. His parents decided to invest in the education of their children, so in 2012 Aray received his Bachelor's degree in Busines from Dubai and then an MBA in 2015. Aray whose first name means "dawn" acknowledges the constant change and strive to live a better life during Post-Soviet Union reformation influenced his career choice.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
Eugen Schlegel was born in 1975 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Heimat in der Fremde (2007), Samagon (2004) and A Human Request (2008).- Actress
- Art Department
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katharina Heil was born in 1981 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. She is an actress, known for Chaostage (2009), Frau Temme sucht das Glück (2017) and Little Thirteen (2012).- Maksim Mityashin was born on 17 November 1980 in Karaganda, Karagandinskaya oblast, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Khoroshiye devochki popadayut v rai (2021), Battalion (2015) and 99% Dead (2017).
- Igor Zhetinyov was born on 21 October 1964 in Karaganda, USSR. He was an actor, known for Meatgrinder (1991). He died on 6 January 2024.
- Vladislav Grakovskiy was born on 11 October 1967 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Willkommen bei Habib (2013), In the Deathroom (2012) and Sealed Lips (2018).
- Karina Sharabokova was born on 24 January 1989 in Karaganda, Karagandinskaya oblast, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. She is an actress, known for Wanderer: Sputnik (2021), Sedmoy grekh (2016) and Devstvennost (2008).
- Alexej Lochmann was born in 1988 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He is an actor, known for Aus dem Tagebuch eines Uber Fahrers (2020), Gegen den Strom (2021) and Der gekerbte Raum aus Stein gegen ein Ideal aus Glas (2015).
- Tamara Yandiyeva was born on 23 July 1955 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Babäk (1979), The Year of the Dragon (1981) and O strannostyakh lyubvi (1985).