One of the film’s most striking elements is its predominantly Ruthenian cast, with nearly 80% of actors belonging to the ...

It was the latest life-imitating-art moment around the Netflix thriller 6 Underground. Viewers in eastern Turkmenistan this week watched the film's bevy of international stars overthrow the dictator ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — An Uzbek film director was convicted of slander on Wednesday for making a documentary on wedding rituals in the authoritarian ex-Soviet state, but released on amnesty, the artist and ...

NEW YORK, November 21, 2025 — Uzbek filmmaker Ali Khamraev discusses his film White, White Stork, a black-and-white Uzbek ...

Uzbekistan has long been a hub for film production and the distribution of films in Central Asia, dating back to its humble but notable beginnings at the start of the 20th century. Khudoibergan ...

Human rights activists in Tashkent have found themselves in the crossfire of a controversial Russian film and the counter-propaganda TV show organized by the Uzbek government. A group of Uzbek women ...

Ali Khamraev and Gulcha Tashbayeva share their memories of making the 1985 film that blends the past and present in a tender exploration of love, loss, and remembrance.

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) -- A new film industry is on the rise in this ex-Soviet state: Dozens of inexpensive, but profitable movies featuring pop divas and heart-wrenching plots have been churned ...

One of Kyrgyzstan's leading news websites Kloop.kg reported February 11 on what might be described as a ‘fake trailer’ scandal in neighbouring Uzbekistan, that involves Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman.

GULAIM IS THE Boudicca of the Eurasian steppe. With her qyrq qyz—40 girls—she defended the ancient clans from eastern invaders, leaving an imprint on the collective consciousness of her region. She ...

Abdurakhmon, an Uzbek shepherd in his early 20s, lives in Uzbekistan's remote mountains, far from any town. After long days tending his sheep, at night he is glued to an old Soviet-era television set ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — An Uzbek film director says she has been convicted of slander for making a documentary on wedding rituals in the authoritarian ex-Soviet state. Umida Akhmedova said Wednesday that the ...