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**Sanzhar Madi (Madiev)** is a Kazakhstani actor and director. He was born on **August 4, 1986**, in **Almaty**. Madi's film career began during his **second year of university**, when he started acting in commercials. His **big-screen debut** took place in **2009**, when he was offered the lead role in **Kuat Isaev’s** detective action film *"The Other Side"*. Some of the other films he has starred in include: *"City of Dreams"*, *"The Tale of the Pink Rabbit"*, *"The Return"*, *"My Heart – Astana"*, *"The Book of Legends: The Mysterious Forest"*, *"Girlfriends"*, *"Knight’s Move"*, *"Ghost Hunting"*, *"The Golden Horde"*, and others.

Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages to free herself from the family, when they get deported she has to choose between family and education. She gets helped on the way by some oddball characters, who come to her aid against the corrupt system and the patriarchal family.

Everything goes wrong for several people based in different Russian cities on New Year's eve. To fix their problems, they have to do a lot within just a few hours. Find rent money for an apartment. Win 8-years-old daughter’s confidence. Recover from amnesia. Find a way to be with a boyfriend against Dad’s will. Climb the city's main New Year's tree in a dragon costume to prove your love for your fiancé. Conquer a pop diva`s heart. Save a plane from a crash. And even find your youth sweetheart 40 years later.

Bakha and Takha are the sons of a well-known businessman who are really into adventures and surprises. Once, the boys come across a story about the Queen of the Turkic Amazons who needs help to fight the Powers of Evil. The brothers decide to offer their help in exchange for a chance to bring their mother back to life and win back their father's attention. Meanwhile, the boys' stepmom hires two bandits to kidnap her unloved stepsons. The bandits drop the boys off in a forest and this is when the big adventure begins.

The sons see their father for the last time. In a couple of years, a funeral and the Order of the Red Star will come to a small village. There are genuine tears in the eyes of the audience. After the war, the brothers Madi and Sagi leave to study in a big city. Life is going happily: the elder marries a young ballerina, becomes a famous journalist. But one day he goes to betrayal. The connection between the brothers is cut off forever. And only in his declining years, Madi goes in search of relatives.

The action of this story begins in the near future. The great device codenamed as the “Phantom” is invented by the Global Security Corporation in order to eliminate the crime and to establish a secure global community. But, it is not how it really is. The reverse side of the “Phantom” is to establish an absolute control over people’s minds. The Corporation aims to change the course of the history, by gaining the community of obedient “puppets”, who would never realize that their minds are being controlled. Step by step, the “Phantom” fractures people’s lives, but nobody suspects anything, until it destroys the lives of in-love couple- Timur and Keira. She is convicted of murder, and he needs to break the law to save her. An American criminal hacker named Zach helps Timur to find the truth, and to uncover the Corporation’s conspiracy.

In the 14th-century, as the Silk Road crumbles and rival factions tear the land apart, fearless warrior Timur emerges from exile. Stripped of everything, he fights to unite the fractured kingdoms, using strategy and sheer will to carve an empire from chaos. Undefeated in battle and widely regarded as one of history’s greatest military leaders and tacticians, not to mention one of its most brutal, Timur would found the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia.

In Kazakhstan, more than 400 women die every year as a result of domestic violence, and this number has increased significantly during the 2020 quarantine. Experts, lawyers, civic activists and victims who have experienced violence at home talk in detail about the problem and how to deal with it.

The story of the growing up of 11-year-old Dzhabai, who sells mountain onions on the highway, who finds his mother with his idol, a truck driver, and goes to China for Viagra for his father that he becomes a strong man.

Since childhood, Sabina dreamed of becoming a real star, and now, finally, her dream gets a chance to come true. But what price will she have to pay for it?

In ordinary life, Raushan and Zharkyn would never have met: Raushan is an ambitious businesswoman, Zharkyn is a single father whose life takes place behind the grill of an inexpensive kebab shop. Fate brings them together in an organ transplant clinic. Raushan is diagnosed with kidney failure, and Zharkin, who has lost his job and needs money, is forced to become a donor for Raushan. Before the operation, they will have to undergo a course in order to normalize the overall indicators of the body. After a while, the characters get closer, but their goal remains the same — kidney transplantation. On the day of the operation, Zharkyn will face a difficult choice: a large sum that will ensure a carefree life for him and his daughter, or saving Raushan's life.

An aged man is obsessed with the idea of buying a new Lexus. The whole house is filled with pictures of the car. He is counting the days when he will take her home. But not everyone shares his joy. His wife is not happy with his obsession. He literally moves to live in a car. His wife calls the children to help with their father, but unsuccessfully. At some point, his wife decides to take revenge on him and sells the house. With the proceeds, she buys a Lexus super car and plans to go on a vacation. He is shocked. She invites him with her and he accepts the invitation. He passes his car keys to his son and they drive away. Son is in his father's car and absolutely obsessed as his father was. The story repeats.
