Location: Bldg. 370, room 370 Contact: 725-2563 creeesinfo@stanford.edu (2004, Kazakhstan, 86 mins.)       Central Asia Film SeriesIntroduction and commentary by Alma Kunanbaeva, Dept. of Anthropology, StanfordLanguage: Russian with English subtitlesShiza (aka The Recruiter). Kazakhfilm, STV Company, 2004. Fifteen-year-old Mustafa (Olzhas Nusupbayev) — nicknamed "Shiza" (Schizo) for his behavior in school — has no money, power or girls in his young life. Working for his mother’s boyfriend, Shiza scouts for fighters for the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fighting.His life changes forever when a young fighter is accidentally mortally wounded in the ring. Before dying, the fighter asks Shiza to deliver his prize money to his wife Zinka (Olga Landina). In fulfilling the task, his life begins to take on new direction.Awards: Prize for the best debut at the Kinotavr film festival (Sochi, 2006). Olzhas Nusupbaev won for best male lead at film festivals in Morocco in Tokyo, and the prize for the best female lead went to Olga Landina. Gulshat (Guka) Omarova won an Alice Award for Best Female Director by the Copenhagen International Film Festival, 2004.Director Gulshat (Guka) Omarova (b. 1968). Writers Sergei Bodrov-Senior (b. 1948) and Guka Omarova. Cinematographer Khasan Kydyraliev. Producers: Alec Schulmann, Natacha Devillers, Sergei Azimov, Sergei Selyanov, Sergey Bodrov (Russia, Kazakhstan, France, Germany). Cast: Olzhas Nusupbaev, Eduard Tabishev, Olga Landina, Viktor Sukhorukov, Gulnara Yeralieva. Sponsor: CREEES Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies Audience: New Films from New Kazakhstan: "Shiza"FacebookTwitterEmailPrintAdd to Calendar(2004, Kazakhstan, 86 mins.)       Central Asia Film SeriesIntroduction and commentary by Alma Kunanbaeva, Dept. of Anthropology, StanfordLanguage: Russian with English subtitlesShiza (aka The Recruiter). Kazakhfilm, STV Company, 2004. Fifteen-year-old Mustafa (Olzhas Nusupbayev) — nicknamed "Shiza" (Schizo) for his behavior in school — has no money, power or girls in his young life. Working for his mother’s boyfriend, Shiza scouts for fighters for the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fighting.His life changes forever when a young fighter is accidentally mortally wounded in the ring. Before dying, the fighter asks Shiza to deliver his prize money to his wife Zinka (Olga Landina). In fulfilling the task, his life begins to take on new direction.Awards: Prize for the best debut at the Kinotavr film festival (Sochi, 2006). Olzhas Nusupbaev won for best male lead at film festivals in Morocco in Tokyo, and the prize for the best female lead went to Olga Landina. Gulshat (Guka) Omarova won an Alice Award for Best Female Director by the Copenhagen International Film Festival, 2004.Director Gulshat (Guka) Omarova (b. 1968). Writers Sergei Bodrov-Senior (b. 1948) and Guka Omarova. Cinematographer Khasan Kydyraliev. Producers: Alec Schulmann, Natacha Devillers, Sergei Azimov, Sergei Selyanov, Sergey Bodrov (Russia, Kazakhstan, France, Germany). Cast: Olzhas Nusupbaev, Eduard Tabishev, Olga Landina, Viktor Sukhorukov, Gulnara Yeralieva. When:Tuesday, January 8, 2013. 7:00 PM. Approximate duration of 2.0 hour(s). Where:Bldg. 370, room 370 (Map) Sponsor:CREEES Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies Contact:725-2563 creeesinfo@stanford.edu Admission:Free and open to the publicAudience:General Public, Faculty/Staff, Students, Alumni/FriendsTags:performance, arts, film, international, humanitiesPermalink:http://events.stanford.edu/events/351/35177 More info...Last modified December 21, 2012.