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. From an interview with Lilya Turusbekova, given after the shooting of the film “Myskal”: “the Themes of all these pictures echo in their essence — they are about folk talents. I’m attracted to people like that… I believe that […]

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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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GULBARA TOLOMUSHEVA: LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. FROM ALBUM ABOUT THE CINEMATOGRAPHY “THE POWER OF FRAGILITY AND HARDNESS OF ART»

This publication is a part of an album “The power of fragility and hatdness of art.  Women in Kyrgyz cinematography” by Gulbara Tolomushove published by International public foundation “Rosa Otunbaeva initiative” within the frames of The Embassy of Switzerland’s project “Women of a modern art – to children”, 2017. We thank the Foundation “Roza Otunbaeva Initiative” […]

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“THE FIRST ROBIN”. ABOUT LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. DIRECTOR R. SHARSHENOVA. KYRGYZFILM 2014.

A documentary about  Lilya Turusbekova. 22 min. Filming, Studio, creative atmosphere and family and friends – all that existed in her life in harmony and therefore very naturally was perceived by us as a given. Only now, after all these years, we realise how valuable was the atmosphere she created around herself. Read about it […]

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FILMOGRAPHY OF LILYA TURUSBEKOVA

During the years of creative work in the Studio “KYRGYZFILM” Lily Turusbekova made 32 documentaries (from 1956 to 1992), including 4 full-length (one of them in collaboration with J. Gerstein), and 65 issues of the newsreel “Soviet Kyrgyzstan” (from 1955 to 1967 and one in 1982), In addition  she participated as an editor in making […]

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