Directed by Assel Aushakimova • 2021 • Kazakhstan

Assel Aushakimova (Welcome to the USA) shows why she is one of the most acute observers of contemporary Kazakh society with this droll satirical short. When a local reporter from state television is sent to capture a PR stunt from the Kazakh police force, the slippery dynamics between the media, law and order, and public opinion come to the surface in hilarious fashion.

COMRADE POLICEMAN • ТОВАРИЩ ПОЛИЦЕЙСКИЙ
Written and directed by Assel Aushakimova
Cinematography by Sardar Baimoldin
Starring: Dinara Alieva, Duisenbek Atantayuli, Askhat Turebayev

In Russian with English subtitles