Iceoltan biography

It was in Astana-a city in which Aisultan grew up and which he still loves, although now works around the world.

At the same time, he was the happiest guy and squeezed the maximum out of his work. It was fantasy. " In June, Seitov triumphantly walked along the red carpet of the Go Shanghai International Film Festival - the largest event in Asian cinema. The magic of the set still acts on Aisultan. The meeting with the car of cinema leaves you a huge mark in you, ”says the interlocutor.

With all this, over the years, Aisultan, according to him, began to romanticize the movie less - experience forms a sober, realistic view of the industry and its place in it. A close acquaintance with the global sphere of cinema, which took place this year, showed: the world of cinema is changing rapidly. Young filmmakers from different countries are more louder about themselves.

I also romanticized this industry before, felt its magic. But in fact, there is very little romantic on the film site. This is stress, wild fatigue, ”he laughs. Erkebulan knows what he is talking about: he has a difficult task of embodiment and preferably commercially successful numerous Aisultan ideas. The director, according to the rules that have developed in QARA, brings ideas, but does not climb into the operating room.

Aisultan hopes that the forum helps young Kazakhstanis better understand how the creative industry works, in particular, cinema. He recalls that he himself lacked such knowledge when he took his first steps on the set. Studying at the New York Film Academy, where Kazakhstani entered m, partly helped to compensate for this. He studied directly in practice to many subtleties of crafts, shooting around the world.

Basically, these were clips, but a short meter - also his short film “Shakal” even took a reward for the best directing at the Hollywood Boulevard festival in the year. Today Aisultan feels confident enough to share experience with others. Musical coherent QAra helps not only filmmakers, but also musicians. The guys organize the musical Oyu Fest, which has passed twice, in the summer and years.

The festival grew out of the YouTube project of Oyu Live-a show in which the musicians perform their songs live. The Oyu Live chip is unusual arrangements and a minimalist, verified video sequence. Each frame is selected carefully so that nothing distracts the viewer from music. It sounds fresh and original here - both in the performance of beginner musicians, and reading the masters like Rosa Rymbaeva or the Urker group.

And we decided first to call popular musicians, and then masters like Rosa Rymbaeva. ” They are used to balancing between freedom of creativity and practical considerations. Aisultan emphasizes: this is the merit of producers. The event was attended by 6.5 thousand at the next festival, which the QARA team plans to hold next summer, the guys expect about 10 thousand.

I hope that next year there will be no such linings, ”Aisultan laughs. In Qara, they attach particular importance to the quality of music. High requirements are imposed on Oyu Fest artists: no “minuses”, carefully rehearsed numbers. The main thing is to have a performance, ”says Yerkebulan. Aisultan completely agrees with him. Spectacular humor viewer wants not only music, but also jokes.

The leading projects are famous comedians Madiyar Nurmanbetov, Veronika Kim participant in the rating “30 to 30” and Damir Nursiite. There is a lot of humor in the show, but it is usually friendly. The Kazakhstan comedian Galym Kaliakbarov gave a large interview to the main editor of the studio, rental equipment, installation - all this and much more requires the budget. The resourcefulness of the authors of the project helped to recover expenses: the guys came up with the idea of ​​letting the audience for the shooting of AITPA.

It went. They gathered and collectively invented such a format in which the project can pay for itself. ” Aisultan, as usual, disowned from participating in resolving current issues. This is a conscious position. Aisultan, a perfectionist by nature, can be difficult to release reins. Life itself can give you a wonderful performance. ” Aisultan considers discipline to a large and small one of his distinguishing feature.

Discipline for him is a skill that is formed by filmmakers as a result of painstaking work. You go through all these circles of hell, and suddenly something like a movie appears, ”he shares. At first he was worried, but now he has become stronger: he perceives any assessment of his work calmly. The film made a lot of noise in Kazakhstan and now collects generally benevolent reviews of world critics.

In November, he was shown at the prestigious Camerimage International Festival in the Polish Torun. Yerkebulan and his colleague Julia Kim spend a lot of effort on promoting tape on international film forums. At the same time, Aisultan, making the film, did not think about PR - he just tried to do work for conscience. The rest considers the work of producers.He observes with interest the changes in himself and his work, gaining strength for the filming of the second picture about details does not want to talk yet.

Over the year, the director managed to miss the cell. A large movie beckons him, but he does not refuse small forms. This is my outlet. If I find a wonderful composition or artist - why not, ”says Aisultan. There are many suggestions for him. And the team is always ready to help in their implementation.