Eighteen minutes that'll wreck your heart and make you Google Kyrgyz poetry at 2am.
An evocative animated film on the life and works of the great Kyrgyz poet Alykul Osmonov.
Writing
Osmonov's verses woven into visual poetry, not exposition.
Director
Sagynbek Ishenov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Osmonov revolutionized Kyrgyz literature by introducing European forms like sonnets, making him controversial in Soviet-era cultural politics. The film was produced during glasnost when his work could finally be celebrated fully.
Director Ishenov spent three years on 18 minutes—roughly one month per minute of screen time. The animation team studied traditional shyrdak felt patterns to authenticate visual texture.
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