“PEOPLE’S FAVORITE SONG.” FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA 1963.

This documentary is about Abdylas Maldybaev, a wonderful composer and singer, whose name is given to the Kyrgyz State Opera and Ballet Theater. This is not a banal retelling of the biography of an outstanding author and performer of music. The living nature of his native land and the people inhabiting it appear on the […]

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“CHEBER” (THE MASTER) FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1989

This short 10-minute film by Lilya Turursbekova tells us about a unique master – manufacturer of traditional Kyrgyz saddles Jylkychy Sharshembiev. Our people are representatives of a nomadic civilization, an integral part of which is horse riding. Life in the saddle is an opportunity to cover distances and always be in touch with nature and […]

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“ALYKUL”. A FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1990

This film, directed by Lilya Turusbekova and screenwriter Kenesh Jusupov, tells about one of the most outstanding and loved by the people poet of Kyrgyzstan – Alykul Osmonov. The film was shot in 1990, when the poet himself was no longer alive, he lived a very short life, dying at the age of 35. At […]

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ABOUT LILYA TURUSBEKOVA – A NEW DOCUMENTARY. DIRECTED BY GANI KUDAIBERGEN

Are you interested in the history of our documentary? The life of our country from 1956 to 1992? The story of the life and work of one of the first professional directors of our country? Gani Kudaibergen‘s new film about Lilya Turusbekova, shot for the 90th anniversary of her birth, is presented on YouTube, on […]

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LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. INTERVIEW ABOUT HER FILM MYSKAL, TAKEN BY VLADIMIR MIKHAILOV

Interview with Lilya Turusbekova in 1989 by Vladimir Mikhailov. Published in book: Mikhailov V.I. Film of memory. People and destinies of Kyrgyz cinema. – B. Salam Publishing House, 2007 -524 p. DRAMATIC FATE The film studio “Kyrgyzfilm” has finished work on the documentary film “Myskal”, dedicated to the folk singer Myskal Omurkanova. We are talking with […]

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“MYSKAL” FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1989

The film is about a singer, performer of folk songs with unique natural data, Myskal Omurkanova. This publication was made in 2020 and updated on 08/20/2023 due to the fact that the KYRGYZFILM film studio made a new, high-quality digitization of the film. As part of the preservation of our cultural heritage, the film studio […]

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“DESTINY”. DOCUMENTARY BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1988

The film is about the ethnographer Claudia Ivanovna Antipina, who collected unique information about the material culture of the Kyrgyz.   More: LILY TURUSBEKOVA, FILM DIRECTOR AND PERSONALITY FILMOGRAPHY OF LILYA TURUSBEKOVA “THE FIRST ROBIN”. ABOUT LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 2014.  

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“THEY WERE BORN ON THE TIEN SHAN.” FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA, 1957

 “They were born on the Tien Shan” – a documentary film in 2 parts, color, written by A. Saliev, M. Aksakov, cameramen Yu. Gerstein, I. Gerstein. 1957 This film has been shown in many countries around the world. And no wonder. In 2 parts, the life of the Republic is presented. The film is about […]

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“FOLLOWING THE SPRING” – FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1967

 “Following the spring” is a documentary film by Lilya Turubsekova: 5 parts (40 minutes), black and white. Operators Muratbekov M., Kochetkov, Assembly – R. Sharshenova, Composer A. Zhumakhmetov, Sound Engineer Ya. Ryvkin, Editor A. Shershenov, Director J. Kurbatova. 1967 Three short stories about the people and mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Interesting shots of the city of Frunze, a newly built […]

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“RISEN FROM THE DASH” – A FILM BY LILY TURUSBEKOVA. 1992

“RISE FROM THE DASH” – a documentary film in 2 parts. Director – Lilya Turusbekova, scriptwriter – V. Niksdorf, cameraman S. Makekadyrov. In the near future, the version below will be replaced by a newly digitized and restored one at the KYRGYZFILM film studio Бул тасма 1937-жылы күнөөсүз репрессияга кабылып, Бишкектин үстүндөгү Чоң-Таш тоосунун этегинде […]

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LILYA TURUSBEKOVA: MY REPUBLIC. INTERVIEW TO NAIRA ZARIFYAN. 1980

This interview with Lily Turusbekova was published in the magazine” SCREEN ” No. 3 of 1980 under the heading “MASTERS of KYRGYZ CINEMA”. In our opinion, this interview accurately reflects the creative credo of the Film Director/ The article in the process of translation «Острота восприятия материала и факта; острота зрения и остроумие в сочетании увиденного; […]

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LEONID DYADYUCHENKO: LIVED UPON WHAT SHE WAS TELLING

The article of Leonid Dyadyuchenko was published in the newspaper “WORD of KYRGYZSTAN”, weekly supplement “AT THE END OF THE WEEK” of February 9, 2001 – No. 16 (21212), p. 8. The author of the article – Leonid Borisovich Dyadyuchenko (1934-2005), writer, poet, journalist, translator, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker: “engineer-geologist by education, encyclopedia of knowledge, […]

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