This isn’t fantasy—it’s Uzbek cinema today: an art form carrying 128 years of heritage, now soaring on two wings: the Uzbek ...

Beloved Uzbek filmmaker Ali Khamraev visits Asia Society along with actress Gulcha Tashbayeva for his first dedicated ...

GULAIM IS THE Boudicca of the Eurasian steppe. With her qyrq qyz—40 girls—she defended the ancient clans from eastern invaders, leaving an imprint on the collective consciousness of her region. She ...

It was the latest life-imitating-art moment around the Netflix thriller 6 Underground. Viewers in eastern Turkmenistan this week watched the film's bevy of international stars overthrow the dictator ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) -- A new film industry is on the rise in this ex-Soviet state: Dozens of inexpensive, but profitable movies featuring pop divas and heart-wrenching plots have been churned ...

Sitora Farmonova (Uzbek: Sitora Farmonova, Ситора Фармонова) is an Uzbek film actress, singer, and comedian. She rose to prominence within the Uzbek film industry with her roles in several Uzbek ...

LOS ANGELES — Back in 2000, University of Southern California film professor Amanda Pope and a former student, Tchavdar Georgiev, were traveling in Russia and some of its satellites, working on a ...