Directed by Jeff Vespa
Nation | Kazakhstan
Nominated in collaboration with Eurasia Film Festival
Genre: Drama, History, Biography
Runtime: 1 hr 30 min
Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete inan international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. Along the way he befriends Americansongwriter George Gershwin, thus forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship.