Modern Kırgız Sinemasının Başlangıcı: “Selkinçek” Filmi Üzerine

Abstract

The existence of the cinema of the country, which declared independence after the dissolution of the USSR and the name Kyrgyzstan became official, was undoubtedly present in the Soviet period. In this period, Kyrgyz cinema, like the cinema of many other countries, was examined under the title of "Soviet Period" and mostly classical films were produced. The films produced by "new" filmmakers, which have become a trend in many countries, have also been the beginning of modern cinema in countries. In Kyrgyzstan, modern cinema emerged in the post-Soviet period and through auteur directors. A group of directors, especially Aktan Arym Kubat, who produced films after 1990, called "Second Wave", created a "new" cinema as in our country by leaving the classical cinema approach aside. While this new cinema reflects the socio-cultural, socio-economically changing Kyrgyzstan, it was modernised by the directors who, as artists, went over modernisation and preferred cinema as an art.The beginning of modern Kyrgyz cinema is the film Selkinçek and Aktan Arym Kubat is an important representative of this movement. Why the film “The Swing” is modern and how the director started a movement is examined within the scope of the article. Modern cinema theory and auteur theory are used in the article.

Authors

M. Safa KARATAŞ, M. Safa KARATAŞ, M. Safa KARATAŞ, M. Safa KARATAŞ

Keywords

Kyrgyz cinema, modern cinema, The Swing, Aktan Arym Kubat.

Publication Information

Volume 0, Issue 11, 2023

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