The bazaar affects pricing in the country, but lives by its own laws. After the tragic events in January, the president called Altyn Orda a "feeder for greedy people" and a "dark environment for criminals."
Madina, Botha and Vova are victims of labor slavery. Despite the fact that the reasons for their enslavement and rescue are different, it is not easy for each of them to find themselves free again.
Cybercrimes are among the most difficult to solve. Every day, dozens of Kazakhstanis fall for the bait of scammers who easily empty their cards. Why are we so gullible and what are the police doing to combat this?
Since the beginning of the year, more than 30 newborns in Kazakhstan have been killed by their own mothers. Last year, 57 babies became victims.
The consciousness of young Kazakhstanis under the age of 30 differs from the older generation. The progressive stratum of youth makes a significant contribution to the development of their society and is distinguished by awareness, responsibility and initiative. The authors of the film showed representatives of different professions. They are all professionals and lead important social projects such as recycling garbage or rescuing stray animals. One of the goals of the film is to inspire young Kazakhstanis to do useful things, choose a profession out of love, joint responsibility and care for their country.
The main "hero" of the documentary will be bullying, as a social phenomenon and a problem that ruins the lives of thousands of young Kazakhstanis. We want to draw the attention of children, parents, teachers, and legislators to the fact that inaction, ignoring, and tacit condoning bullying can lead to tragic consequences.
The Ili River is the main artery of Southeastern Kazakhstan. It flows into the Balkhash and delivers 80% of the incoming water. The banks and irrigation canals are drained, and the old aqueducts are destroyed. The river is getting smaller every year due to a decrease in water volume.
How do children with disabilities who have been abandoned by their parents live and what do they face? The authors of the film will show the life of children with disabilities on the example of those who live in one of the special boarding schools. They will tell you how children get there, why their closest people refuse them, where they go after being evicted from the boarding school and why the state's help is not enough for them.
The Kazakh language is a rich and beautiful language of the Akyns, poets, batyrs, it is the language of the steppe. But there is still some skepticism about the national language among the population itself. The authors of the film conducted a documentary study and tried to reveal such important aspects as the role of the Kazakh language in society, the attitude towards the language among young people and its prospects for development in the future. The heroes of the film were residents of cities and villages, representatives of creative and not only young people, volunteers and migrants.
The popularity of a cheap synthetic drug, mephedrone, is growing at an alarming rate in the country. The authors of the film will shed light on new forms of drug trafficking, collect a portrait of the consumer and demonstrate how his image is romanticized in modern media among young people.
Ex-prisoners of Kazakhstani women's colonies spoke about the conditions of detention in prisons. Former convicts complained of poor medical care, lack of hygiene products and lack of rehabilitation after leaving the state house.
In 2006, 149 children were infected with HIV in Shymkent hospitals. The negligence of doctors has forever changed the lives of almost one and a half hundred children.
A documentary about the Aral Sea. The whole truth about why the disaster happened, what happened to the area and how the residents live on the shore of the Aral Sea now.
In the Soviet years, there was a nuclear test site near the village of Azgir. Soviet scientists produced 17 underground nuclear explosions there. No one knows for what purpose and what consequences these trials entailed for its inhabitants. Versions vary, and official data is securely stored in classified archives. Not in our country.