Student

Spurred by his own postmodern musings and the growing inequality, corruption, and kill-or-be-killed ethic of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, a solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime, which leads to growing guilt.

• Director: Darezhan Omirbayev
• Cast: Nurlan Baitasov, Maya Serikbayeva, Edige Bolysbayev, Daniyar Bazarkulov, Baygaly Bekarys, Kanat Berentaev, Tatyana Bogdanova, Ermek Ahmetov