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Faculty & Staff

Adilet Karzhoev

TCMA Department Chair, Assistant Professor

Television, Cinema and Media Arts Department

Division of Arts, Humanities and Communication

 

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Phone: +996 (312) 915000 ext. 488

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Adilet Karzhoev is the Chair and an Assistant Professor in the Television, Cinema, and Media Arts department at the American University of Central Asia. He holds a Master of Arts in Journalism from the American University of Central Asia (2019, Kyrgyzstan) and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema Arts from the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University (2011, Kyrgyzstan). 

Adilet joined AUCA in 2015 as the Coordinator of the Video Studio. In 2017, he became an Instructor; since 2022, he has been an Assistant Professor and Department Chair. He is a professional filmmaker, a producer, and a scriptwriter. Adilet’s filmography includes the short fiction film “Burul” (2022), the short documentary “Black Wagon” (2021), the full-length documentary “Barakholka. The Time Machine” (2020), the short fiction film “Carousel” (2019), the short documentary “Thank you, doctor!” (2016), and the short documentary “Sary-Oy” (2011).

  • “Black Wagon” film, Best Documentary Film, Västerås Filmfestival, Sweden, 2023
  • “Black Wagon” film, Special Prize of Jury, Lendoc International Film Festival, Russia, 2023
  • “Black Wagon” film, Best Documentary Film, "Человечное Кино", Russia, 2023
  • “Black Wagon” film, Best Documentary Film, IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2023
  • “Burul” film, Excellency award, Asian World Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2022
  • “Black Wagon” film, Diploma for "For Visual Solution", International Film Festival "Days of Short Films", Russia, 2022
  • “Black Wagon” film, a Special Mention of the Jury, VIDSEE Juree Asia Awards competition, Singapore, 2022
  • “Black Wagon” film, a Special Mention of the Jury, the 15th International Film Festival “Sol Zemli”, Russia, 2022
  • “Black Wagon” film, diploma of the 1st degree, the 14th International Film Festival “Northern Character,” Russia, 2022
  • “Black Wagon” film, The Best Film, the 16th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival “Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan,” 2022
  • “Black Wagon” film, a Special Mention of the Jury, International Film Festival Ismailia, Egypt, 2022
  • “Carousel” film, a Special Prize of the Jury, International Film Festival “Moscow Premiere,” Russia, 2020
  • “Thank you, Doctor!” film, Special Prize of Press, IFF “Won Together” Russia, 2017
  • “Thank you, Doctor!” film, Special Prize of Press, IFF Kyrgyzstan - land of short films, CIS countries, 2016
  • “Thank you, Doctor!” film, Best Documentary Film, Forum of Young Filmmakers “Umut” of CIS countries, Kyrgyzstan, 2016
  • “Sary-OY” film, Special Prize for Ethno Cinematography, IFF Ethnocinema, Russia, 2016
  • “Sary-OY” film, Special Prize, IFF of Turkic World, Turkey, 2016
  • “Sary-OY” film, the 2nd Prize, Film Festival “My Kyrgyzstan”, UN Kyrgyzstan, 2014
  • “Sary-OY” film, the 2nd Prize, IFF Golden Safranbolu, Turkey, 2013
  • “Sary-OY” film, the 2nd Prize, IFF Al-Jazeera, Qatar, 2013
  • “Sary-OY” film, Best nonfiction film, IFF Bastau, Kazakhstan, 2012
  • “Sary-OY” film, Prize Bronze Knight, IFF “Golden Knight”, Russia, 2012
  • Cinema Studies
  • Filmmaking
  • Producing

Filmography:

  • The short fiction film “Burul” 2022 – Producer and director
  • The short documentary “Black Wagon” 2021 – Scriptwriter, producer, and director
  • The full-length documentary “Barakholka". The Time Machine», 2020 – Producer
  • The short fiction film “Carousel” 2019 – Script Writer and director
  • The short documentary “Thank you, doctor!”, 2016 – Scriptwriter, director and cameraman
  • The short documentary “Sary-Oy” 2011 – Scriptwriter, director, and editor
  • Film and TV Directing Skills I
  • Film and TV Directing Skills II

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