title: Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd

type: Backdrop

type: Poster

status: Released

name: IDFA 2014 | Trailer | Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd

site: YouTube

type: Trailer

overview: The incredible odyssey of twenty-two men from China's persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists.

title: Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd

title: Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd

overview: De ongelooflijke odyssee van tweeëntwintig mannen uit de vervolgde Oeigoerse minderheid in China die in Guantánamo als terroristen werden vastgehouden.

title: Ouïghours, prisonniers de l'absurde

overview: Ce long métrage documentaire raconte la longue épopée de 22 Ouïghours prisonniers de Guantanamo. Ils se trouvent en Afghanistan en octobre 2001 lorsque les États-Unis envahissent le pays pour traquer Oussama ben Laden. Ces hommes sont turcophones musulmans et appartiennent à la minorité chinoise ouïghoure, réprimée par le pouvoir central de Beijing. Du nord de la Chine à la base américaine de Guantanamo, le film de Patricio Henrìquez suit l’incroyable odyssée de trois de ces rescapés de l’absurde associés, malgré eux, au terrorisme mondial.

job: Editor

department: Editing

type: Crew

job: Writer

department: Writing

job: Director

department: Directing

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

original_title: Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd

original_language: ug


title: A First Farewell

name: 『はじめての別れ』予告編｜ A First Farewell - Trailer  HD

overview: When Isa is not at school or working on his parents' farmyard, he spends carefree days with his friends - until the outside world starts forcing him to say one goodbye after another.

title: A First Farewell

title: 第一次的離別

overview: 雙手舀起基阿魯斯達米留下的一泓淨水，新晉導演王麗娜灑落在新疆故鄉，讓赤子之心洗滌塵世混濁心靈。兩個小孩青梅竹馬，温煦微笑是在青草地共同撫養小羊，棉花田收成時聽父親輕唱情歌；悲慟哀哭是失智失語母親突然走失，漢語成績低落被老師責罵。四季流轉，母親被送進養老院，好友進城讀書；胡楊木落葉披霜千年不倒，人生卻總要學會離別。

title: 第一次的离别

overview: 故事发生在地大物博风景壮丽的新疆，艾萨是一个从小到大都在这里长大的土生土长的新疆男孩。艾萨出生在一个并不富裕的家庭之中，母亲的患病让家里的经济条件雪上加霜，母亲的病不仅让她丧失了语言功能，还常常会离家出走不见踪迹，因此艾萨必须在上学之余格外小心的看护随时都会发生状况的母亲，因为艾萨深深的爱着自己的母亲，所以这点苦他从来都不放在心上。凯丽比努尔是艾萨虽好的朋友，艾萨遇到了什么烦心事第一个想到的就是和她倾诉，两人还共同养育着一只小羊。人生海海，每一步都是两人相互扶持着走过，一路上留下最美好的回忆。

title: 第一次的離別

overview: 講述新疆維吾爾自治區阿克蘇地區沙雅縣的維吾爾族男孩「艾薩」和青梅竹馬的「凱麗」以及艾薩媽媽的故事。

character: Isa

type: Cast

character: Kalbinur

character: Kalbinur's Mother

character: Isa's Father

character: Kalbinur's Grandfather

character: Kalbinur's Father

character: Kalbinur's Brother

character: Isa's Mother

character: Isa's Brother

job: Costume Design

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Casting

department: Production

job: Original Music Composer

department: Sound

original_title: 第一次的离别

title: 第一次告别

country: CN

title: Di yi ci de li bie

title: O primeiro adeus

country: BR

title: Πρώτος αποχαιρετισμός

country: GR

title: Pierwsze pożegnanie

country: PL

title: İlk Veda

country: TR


title: Amanisa Khan

overview: Dramatization of real-life Uyghur musician/concubine, Amannisa Khan.

title: Amanisa Khan

title: Amannisahan

title: 阿曼尼萨罕

original_title: Amannisahan


title: ALIKIS

overview: On the one year anniversary of his wedding, Nijat came home without telling his wife in advance. He discovered that every time he wasn’t there, his wife would bring his beloved dog to her uncle Kerim’s house. And even the fact that she was a smoker was something only her cousin Erpan was knew.

title: ALIKIS

job: Producer

original_title: ALIKIS

title: 埃里克斯


title: The Night of Arzu

overview: One night in Beijing, a Uyghur boy called Mustafa is out with his friends. He meets a Uyghur girl with a headscarf. After spending the night with her, Mustafa has fallen deeply in love with her...

title: The Night of Arzu

original_title: The Night of Arzu

title: 阿爾祖之夜

country: TW

title: 阿尔祖之夜


title: The Accordion

overview: The money Erpan saved from the part-time job was divided up by his father, making him unable to buy his beloved accordion. Erpan and his friend Musa fool around and beaten by a group of people lead by Kamil, he had to follow his mother home. Finally, Ayisha helped Erpan to get an accordion, in this process, the relationship between them became closer.

title: The Accordion

original_title: ئاكاردىئون

title: 手风琴


title: The Grief of King Soemvolt

overview: A fly has flown into the room of a king of a country that has never been. The king asks the court master, the chief hunter, and the sling master to destroy the fly. After they all fail, the court fool also tries the task.

title: The Grief of King Soemvolt

character: Narrator

original_title: Soemvolt király bánata


title: Southern Afternoon

overview: An illiterate father who has minority ethnicity in China doubts if his elder daughter received a love letter. Reluctantly, he asks the younger daughter to read the letter.

title: Southern Afternoon

overview: 读不懂汉字的父亲正试图了解女儿们的成长心事。在父亲与两位女儿的“博弈”中，“异乡人”的身份或许让他们疏远，但亲密的爱意依旧在对话中生长。

title: Southern Afternoon

title: 따스한 오후

overview: 중국어를 읽지 못하는 소수민족 아빠는 큰딸이 연애편지를 받은 게 아닐까 의심한다. 어쩔 수 없이 작은딸에게 편지 내용을 읽어보라고 한다.

original_title: 南方午后


title: The Cuckoos

overview: Zeynep goes to the countryside with her mother, wanting to see the cuckoo related to her name mentioned in the legend. In the countryside, she meets a boy named Ekper, and chooses to believe in him regardless of everyone’s rumors. However, the loss of an earring breaks their relationship. Before leaving, Zeynep decides to face her mistake and goes to look for Ekper in the woods. In the woods, there are cuckoo sounds everywhere, but Ekper is nowhere to be seen.

title: The Cuckoos

title: كاككۇك

overview: Korte film: Zeynep gaat met haar moeder naar het platteland en wil de koekoek zien die verband houdt met haar naam die in de legende wordt genoemd. Op het platteland ontmoet ze een jongen genaamd Ekper, en besluit in hem te geloven, ongeacht de geruchten van iedereen. Het verlies van een oorbel verbreekt echter hun relatie. Voordat ze vertrekt, besluit Zeynep haar fout onder ogen te zien en gaat op zoek naar Ekper in het bos. In het bos klinken overal koekoeksgeluiden, maar Ekper is nergens te bekennen.

original_title: كاككۇك

title: 布谷鸟


title: My Choice

overview: Nilufer marries her husband at a young age despite her mother’s objection. Now, with a child, life after marriage is not as wonderful as she imagined but she has to live with her choice. This documentary presents a young housewife’s life in an objective perspective.  In the film, Nilufer talks about her dreams with passion, but the life she is living is totally different. She remains optimistic about her future, although it seems like she is trying to numb herself with her dreams so that she can stay strong in real life.

title: My Choice

character: Herself

original_title: مىنىڭ تاللىشىم

title: 我的选择


title: Nisakhan

overview: The film is based on the life of Nisakhan, a folk artist from Kuche County in Xinjiang. It chronicles her lifelong dedication to preserving Kuche folk songs while confronting conservative forces and religious extremism in the old society, showcasing her artistic contribution of collecting and compiling over 300 folk songs. Through the tragic love story between the protagonist and Tursun, the film traces Nisakhan's life journey—how she used art to resist oppression and, after liberation, celebrated the new China through her songs.

title: 妮莎罕

overview: 本片讲述的是新疆库车县著名民间艺术家妮莎罕的艺术人生，展现了她热爱、继承、传唱库车民歌，用自己毕生的精力同旧社会保守思想和封建旧势力、宗教极端势力做斗争，解放后用自己的歌声赞美新中国……

title: Nisakhan

character: 图尔逊

character: 帕塔姆罕

character: 林基路

character: 尼莎罕

original_title: 妮莎罕

title: Nisakhan

country: US


title: The Crystal Glass

title: قىرلىق ئستاكان

overview: شىنجاڭ كومىدىدىيلىك فىلىمى قىرلىق ئستاكان

title: 棱角杯

overview: Abdul Tera（Adil Mijit 饰）、Osman Daggal（Halmurat Omar 饰）、Rejep Topak（Turghun Imir 饰）、Tursun Teka（Mawlan Niyaz 饰）关系很好，经常在周六一起开趴小酌。一天，这几个朋友来 Rejep Topak 家喝酒，酒局中途一位客人（Abdurishit Emin 饰）拜访 Rejep Topak 的邻居，邻居不在，便被 Rejep Topak 拉入酒局。这位客人在酒局之上徒手掰羊腿骨、徒手开酒瓶，并拿大杯棱角杯喝数杯白酒，毫无醉意，随后便离席而去。Tursun Teka 十分不服，认为自己也能用棱角杯大杯喝酒，不仅如此，还灌了朋友们一人一杯。如此这番，四个醉汉又唱又跳，折腾一宿。一夜过后，他们好像仍然处于宿醉的状态，但今后发生的事情却又令人十分惊奇……

title: The Crystal Glass

character: ئوسمان داڭگال

character: ئابدۇل تېرە

character: تۇرسۇن تېكە

character: رەجەپ توپاق

original_title: قىرلىق ئستاكانقىرلىق ئستاكان

title: Qirliq Istakan

title: The Crystal Glass


title: Toy Teklipi

overview: Aygul and her boyfriend Enwer have been dating for four years, but still no plans for marriage, leaving her very anxious. When Enwer leaves for a business trip to Ghulja (Yining), she decides to have a surprise visit and propose to him. While stuck in the deserted countryside, a guy named Arslan decides to help her in exchange of money to pay off his debt. However, Aygul's bad luck continuously causes trouble for her on the road, as if fate is giving her time to change her mind.

title: 求婚

overview: 这部影片讲述了一个非常独特和有趣的爱情故事。  女孩子可以向男孩子求婚吗？  大城里高薪美女有可能爱上乡下农村小伙吗？  完全不认识的两个人在旅途中会吵架吗？  这部电影完全回答这些问题。  男主角是广为人知的《另一城》网络剧里的普拉提武松，女主角是《幸福家庭》电视剧里的夏迪亚。请欣赏动人的爱情故事、有趣的情节、美丽的山水、神奇的自然风光。

title: Toy Teklipi

character: Aygul Suleyman

character: Arsilan

character: Enwer

character: Aygulnig Dosti

character: Aygulnig Dadisi

character: Muysipit 1

character: Muysipit 2

character: Muysipit 3

character: Muysipit 4

character: Biletchi Boway

job: Publicist

job: First Assistant Director

job: Second Assistant Director

original_title: 求婚

title: Toy Teklipi


title: Nikah

NIKAH Trailer

site: Vimeo

overview: Dilber is 27, and her mother wants to quickly find a husband for her — especially now that her younger sister Rena is settling into newly married life. But it’s 2017, a time when Uyghur people are being arrested without people knowing why. And one of those detained is Rena’s husband, questioned and held by the local district committee.

title: Nikah

title: Nikah

overview: Dilber, jeune femme ouighoure de 27 ans, subit la pression de sa famille qui l’incite à accepter le premier venu, tout en redoutant la menace d’union forcée brandie par les autorités chinoises. Installée à Paris, son amie Gulnur lui propose une alternative originale : un mariage arrangé en visio avec un jeune informaticien ouighour exilé. Le père de Dilber est d’accord : "Quand tu seras à l'étranger, notre identité survivra à travers toi et tes enfants", espère-t-il. Le nikah, union musulmane traditionnelle, sera célébré à distance et en secret, car la Chine l’interdit désormais…

title: Nikah - Die islamische Trauung

overview: Im Nordwesten Chinas versucht Dilber, eine 27 Jahre junge Uigurin, dem Druck ihrer Familie standzuhalten, die sie unbedingt unter die Haube bringen will.

character: Dilber

job: Cinematography

department: Crew

original_title: Nikah

title: Nikah - Die islamische Trauung

country: DE


title: Manlika

overview: Short film by Jing Yi

title: Manlika

original_title: 曼丽卡


title: Mother River

overview: In Xinjiang, in northwest China, an underground river brings life to the desert for the Uyghur people. An ancient construction whose waters flow from the depths of the earth to the lush grape fields, the Karez is known to those who benefit from it as the Mother River.

title: Rio Mãe

overview: Em Xinjiang, no Noroeste da China, um rio subterrâneo leva vida em meio ao deserto para o povo uigur. Construção milenar cuja as águas fluem das profundezas da terra até os verdes campos de uvas, o Karez é conhecido pelos que dele usufruem como Rio Mãe.

title: Mother River

title: 面紗之河

character: Himself

character: Herself

character: Mother River (voice)

job: Sound Editor

job: Story

original_title: 面纱之河

title: Mother River

production_countries: BR CN


title: Be My Pet

overview: A month after returning from her honeymoon to Sanya, Efya accidentally noticed that her perfect-looking husband had cheated on her before she got married. That day, she decided to meet the other woman.

title: Be My Pet

original_title: Be My Pet


title: Baozhda

overview: Ke Ran follows his parents to his uncle’s house in the mountains to celebrate the New Year. While the adults are out, Keran loses the sheep his uncle’s family had prepared for the New Year. He and his cousin must retrieve the sheep before the adults return.

title: Baozhda

character: Arna

character: Keran

original_title: 宝孜达


title: AQSDF

overview: Donostia seems like an idyllic, picture-perfect city, but in the shadows lies a very different reality.

title: AQSDF

title: AQSDF

original_title: AQSDF


title: Ayshamgul

overview: "Ayshamgul " chronicles the growth and changes of the rural teenager Abduwaly from the age of 12 to 18. Due to "special circumstances", Abduwaly was unable to attend school. Despite the seemingly dull life, Abduwaly had his own imaginary world of dreams, and the Ayshamgul who always accompanied him did not exist. As time passed, facing real life, Abduwaly eventually transformed from a carefree boy into a helpless man.

title: Ayshamgul

title: Ayshamgul

original_title: Ayshamgul


title: Inner Light

overview: Kalibnur has many identities, my sister-in-law is just one of them.  Kalibnur has many stories, and she writes letters to herself telling these stories.

title: Inner Light

original_title: 亲爱的佧丽比怒尔


title: Gherip Senem

overview: King Abbas agreed to betroth his daughter Senem to Gherip, the son of his trusted vizier Hessen. However, his military chief Shawazi and his wife want their own unworthy son Abdullah to marry the King’s daughter. Shawazi plots to have Hessen assassinated, after which the King goes back on his promise and dissolves the betrothal. As Gherip and Senem love each other, Abdullah plots to separate them, and Gherip is sent into exile, leaving Senem grieving. Shawazi’s faction gains strength at the court, and Gherip becomes the focus of hope for other honourable officials who are exiled or imprisoned.

title: Gherip Senem

original_title: Gherip Senem


title: Do You Know That I’m With You

overview: A forgotten goddess of carpet weaving is summoned back to life as a filmmaker pieces together lost memories across the Uyghur diaspora.

title: Do You Know That I’m With You

original_title: Do You Know That I’m With You