Writer-helmer-editor Emir Baigazin demonstrates near-perfect pitch with his first professional feature, "Harmony Lessons," an immaculately executed study of bullying and revenge in a small town on the ...

Emir Baigaizan's controversial debut finally gets a local premiere nearly a year after earning a Silver Bear in Berlin. By Nick Holdsworth Harmony Lessons Still - H 2013 The award-winning Kazakh film ...

Emir Bagazin's directorial debut also won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale in February for best cinematography. By Nick Holdsworth Harmony Lessons Still - H 2013 The award at the event, dedicated to ...

13-year-old Aslan (Timur Aidarbekov) lives in poor conditions with his grandmother. During a medical examination of his class, he is deeply humiliated by his classmates. To make matters worse, he ...

Aslan is a 13-year-old loner who lives with his grandmother on a farm somewhere on the steppes of Kazakhstan. When he goes to school, he becomes the victim of bullying by the local thug Bolat. Shy and ...

Following a public humiliation in front of his classmates during a medical check-up, a boy named Aslan (13) falls ill with anankastia, a mental disease with persuasive passion for perfectionism. Aslan ...