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Skhema

Scheme
Generation 14plus 2022
© Kazakh Cinema
“Isn't it weird to come over, to eat, drink, and then to get ten grand for that?”

For Masha and her girlfriends, the party invitations are a game: they get to drink for free and are even rewarded with a bonus when it's all over. Sure, every now and again a grown man mingles with the young girls during the wild get-togethers, whatever – a fact that Masha chooses to ignore, smitten as she is with seductive Ram, the middle-man who organises these celebrations. But then Masha herself becomes a victim of this predatory arrangement. Farkhat Sharipov, whose work explores the hopes, dreams and dark sides of new-rich Kazakh society, constructs complex shots to depict an Almaty of shopping malls and anonymous apartments, a cold yet tempting world full of consumerist allure – and fraught with the danger of losing one’s self.

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by Farkhat Sharipov (Written and Directed by)
with Victoriya Romanova, Tair Svintsov, Diana Bulatova, Yan Tomingas, Evgeniya Ksenaki Kazakhstan 2022 Russian 73' Colour World premiere recommendation: 14 years and up

With

  • Victoriya Romanova (Masha)
  • Tair Svintsov (Ram)
  • Diana Bulatova (Disha)
  • Yan Tomingas (Father)
  • Evgeniya Ksenaki (Larisa)

Crew

Written and Directed by Farkhat Sharipov
Cinematography Alexander Plotnikov
Editing Farkhat Sharipov
Sound Ruslan Sakiyev
Production Design Alexey Shindin
Costumes Azhar Aubakirova
Make-Up Aliya Shmanova
Casting Raushan Meirmanova
Assistant Director Dana Serik
Producers Dina Zhumabek, Yuliya Kim
Executive Producer Talgat Nuriyev

Produced by

Kazakh Cinema

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Photos

Farkhat Sharipov

© Farkhat Sharipov

The director has degrees from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts and the New York Film Academy. His debut feature film The Tale of a Pink Bunny was a box-office hit in Kazakhstan. Beginning with The Secret of a Leader, he is now using his films to explore deep-rooted social problems in modern Kazakh society.

Filmography

2010 The Tale of a Pink Bunny 2013 Nothing to Do With Aliens 2016 4+1 2018 The Secret of a Leader 2020 18 Kilohertz 2022 Skhema (Scheme)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022