{"id":39599,"date":"2024-03-29T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39599"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:06:19","slug":"documentary-film-night-held-at-mnu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/documentary-film-night-held-at-mnu\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary Film Night Held at MNU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Last Friday, the Public Library hosted a screening of short documentary films by the Head of Educational Programms of International School of Journalism Meruert Zhakiyanova and kazakhstani filmmaker Ilyas Otan. Students, faculty, and guests attended the event to explore the new wave of Kazakhstani documentary cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The program featured three films:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dears \u2014 follows Dimash superfans from California traveling to Kazakhstan (9 min.), official selection of Qara Film Festival 2023;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Segiz \u2014 about foreigners\u2019 journey to a mysterious lake in Southern Kazakhstan (29 min.), winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at International Road Movie Festival 2021;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Surfactant \u2014 the story of a relocant who escaped mobilization and began a new life in Kazakhstan (13 min.), semifinalist of The Student Academy Awards (Oscar) and part of ArtDocFest Riga 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After the screenings, the audience engaged in an open discussion with the filmmakers, asking questions about the creative process and the stories behind the films. The evening became a celebration of authentic storytelling and the growing strength of Kazakhstan\u2019s documentary scene. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/9VtGQVkOh70\">Watch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39596,"template":"","news-cat":[442,481],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documentary Film Night Held at MNU - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last Friday, the Public Library hosted a screening of short documentary films by the Head of Educational Programms of International School of Journalism Meruert Zhakiyanova and kazakhstani filmmaker Ilyas Otan. 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