Waterkeeper
by Nazgul Omurzhanova

[When Rysbek, a mountain village’s only waterkeeper for over three decades, is forced to retire due to health problems, his daughter Nazgul follows his struggle to let go of his lifelong mission and asks who will protect the community when the keeper of the water is gone].

Stitch by stitch
by Alina Baitokova

[Elmira, a single mother and seamstress in an informal sewing workshop in Bishkek, struggles to make ends meet while trying to rebuild the fragile bonds with her children after years of painful separation].