Rashid Nugmanov

Rashid Nugmanov

Rashid Nugmanov (Russian: Рашид Мусаевич Нугманов; born March 19, 1954; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director, dissident, political activist and founder of the Kazakh New Wave cinema movement. Rashid Nugmanov was born into a Muslim Kazakh family on March 19, 1954. After graduating in 1977 from the Architectural Institute in Alma-Ata, Nugmanov enrolled at the prestigious Moscow State Film Institute (VGIK), the world's first institute of cinematography in 1984. His directorial debut, The Needle, premiered in September 1988 at the "Golden Duke" Festival in Odesa, where it won the Un Certain Regard prize. Starring popular Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi, it was one of the first films to break the taboo against talking about drug addiction in the Soviet Union. The film was released in the USSR in February 1989 with 1,000 prints in circulation and became a box office hit viewed by over 30 million cinemagoers. The film was also a critical success, winning First Prize at the Nuremberg Film Festival and initiating the "Kazakh New Wave". He declared, in 1990, the motto of the New Wave of Kazakh cinema: "We demand no unified philosophy nor uniform artistic views on art. We are unified, instead, in our freedom and love of art". Nugmanov served as President of the Union of Kazakh Filmmakers from 1989 until 1992, when he wrote, directed and produced The Wild East, a post-apocalyptic punk samurai Ostern which attracted international acclaim at film festivals in Venice, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, and was awarded the Prix Special du Jury in Valenciennes, France. The film marked the end of both the Kazakh New Wave and Nugmanov's active directorial career, although he continued to write screenplays throughout the 1990s. Nugmanov moved to Paris, France, in 1993 and currently serves as the General Director of the International Freedom Network, a London-based think tank created to foster democracy in the former Soviet Union. A harsh critic of the political regime of Nursultan Nazarbaev, which he has decried as a mafia, Nugmanov has been responsible for the international relations of dissident organisations including the Forum for Democratic Forces of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Republican People's Party of Kazakhstan, Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, and For a Just Kazakhstan.

  • Popularity : 0.021
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1954-03-19
  • Place of Birth : Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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Rashid Nugmanov Movies

  • 1971
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    The Snow Band

    The Snow Band

    1 1971 HD

    A gang of mad criminals terrorizes people in the mountains.

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  • 1977
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    Zgga

    Zgga

    1 1977 HD

    After the door to nowhere opens, a preacher is sitting on a mountain, exclaiming the new religion to people, the one from the book with white pages....

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  • 1987
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    And We Will Save the Love

    And We Will Save the Love

    1 1987 HD

    Anthology film by the group of young Kazakh filmmakers trained by Sergey Solovyov. Includes novels about love-driven suicide attempt, tank division...

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  • 1993
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    The Wild East

    The Wild East

    4.5 1993 HD

    The Solar Children, a group of dwarves who left the circus, are trying to start a settlement in the Kyrgyzstan wilderness just after the breakup of...

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  • 2010
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    The Needle Remix

    The Needle Remix

    3.6 2010 HD

    Remix of the 1988 cult movie "The Needle": Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits...

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  • 1970
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    BATU: Historical Detective

    BATU: Historical Detective

    1 1970 HD

    Genghis Khan's favorite grandson, Batu investigates the mystery of his father's death. Uncovering a conspiracy in his own family, he creates a...

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  • 1986
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    The Stray White and the Speckled

    The Stray White and the Speckled

    5.1 1986 HD

    In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of...

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  • 1975
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    Balapan

    Balapan

    1 1975 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Story of Kazakh Cinema – Underground of Kazakhfilm

    The Story of Kazakh Cinema – Underground of Kazakhfilm

    1 2015 HD

    A film director and an actor have worked till midnight at a film studio. A security guy locked all doors and so now our heroes have to look for an...

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  • 2010
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    The Needle Remix

    The Needle Remix

    3.6 2010 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Needle

    The Needle

    6.6 1988 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Wild East

    The Wild East

    4.5 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Wild East

    The Wild East

    4.5 1993 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Snow Band

    The Snow Band

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Snow Band

    The Snow Band

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Snow Band

    The Snow Band

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Snow Band

    The Snow Band

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1977
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    Zgga

    Zgga

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Zgga

    Zgga

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Zgga

    Zgga

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Zgga

    Zgga

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1986
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    Yahha

    Yahha

    4.8 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Yahha

    Yahha

    4.8 1986 HD

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  • 1987
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    And We Will Save the Love

    And We Will Save the Love

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    And We Will Save the Love

    And We Will Save the Love

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Needle

    The Needle

    6.6 1988 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Wild East

    The Wild East

    4.5 1993 HD

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  • 2017
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    Memento Vivere

    Memento Vivere

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Memento Vivere

    Memento Vivere

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2020
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    Antarctica Double Crossing

    Antarctica Double Crossing

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Antarctica Double Crossing

    Antarctica Double Crossing

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Antarctica Double Crossing

    Antarctica Double Crossing

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1970
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    BATU: Historical Detective

    BATU: Historical Detective

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    BATU: Historical Detective

    BATU: Historical Detective

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    BATU: Historical Detective

    BATU: Historical Detective

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Needle Remix

    The Needle Remix

    3.6 2010 HD

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  • 1977
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    Zgga

    Zgga

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Snow Band

    The Snow Band

    1 1971 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Needle Remix

    The Needle Remix

    3.6 2010 HD

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  • 1975
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    Balapan

    Balapan

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Stray White and the Speckled

    The Stray White and the Speckled

    5.1 1986 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Needle Remix

    The Needle Remix

    3.6 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Needle Remix

    The Needle Remix

    3.6 2010 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Wild East

    The Wild East

    4.5 1993 HD

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  • 1986
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    Yahha

    Yahha

    4.8 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Yahha

    Yahha

    4.8 1986 HD

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