简介：BolatSharip-GratitudePrizeawardedbytheJuryfortheCivicspiritandCourageinthecreativesearch-Film"Zaman-Ai".PRIZE-WINNERSOFTHEFIRSTFILMFESTIVALENTITLEDSHAKEN'SSTARS-2003 Forexample,whenBolatSharip’sZamanai(1998)appeared,ithadalltheprospectsofbecomingagenuinenationalfilmbecauseittoldthestoryoftheKazakhpeople’sreturntotheirhomeland.Butprobablyitappearedatanunsuitablemoment,in1998,whentherewasnooperativesystemforfilmdistribution.Thefilmwaslostandhasnotbeenseenbyaudiences. IntheKazakhfilm'Zamanai',anoldKazakhwomanillegallyreturnstoherhomelandwithherlittlegrandson.ShewalksthroughthemountainsfromChinatoKazakhstan.Theirlongjourneyisfilledwithmemoriesofthe1930s,thedisastrousperiodofcollectivizationandmassstarvation,whensheandherrelativessurvivedyescapingabroad.Aftermanyyears,Kazakhstandeclareditsindependenceandsheoldladybroughtherlittlegrandsonbacktothelandhebelongsto.Nationalpatrioticfeelingisthesubjectofrespectandadmirationinthefilm.Herchildrenarealostgenerationandsoshekidnappedhergrandsonfromherownchildren.…