Bakytbek Mukul

26 June 2024
Film Director

Bakyt Mukul is an actor and a filmmaker from Kyrgyzstan. He was born in 1965.

2010 – Member of the Union of Filmmakers of the Kyrgyz Republic.

2017 – Member of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA), Australia.

 

2016 “A Father’s Will” a debut film as scriptwriter and director.

2020 “The Road To Eden” is their second joint work.

 

Prizes: 2016 – Montreal World Film Festival – Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature film.

2016 – Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”. Main Competition. The film won three prizes. The diploma “For a modern view on tradition”. Special prize of the CIS Executive Committee “Cinema without Borders”. Special prize of the Minsk city executive committee. Belarus.

2017 – Bengaluru International Film Festival. Asian Cinema Competition. Grand Prix for the Best Asia Film. Bangalore, India.

2017 – The nominated for the Russian National Film Award “Nika” in the nomination “Best film of the CIS and Baltic countries”. Russia.

2017 – Durban International Film Festival. Main competition. The film won three prizes. Grand Prix – Best Feature Film, Best Direction and Best Cinematography. South Africa.

2017 – The film «A Father’s Will» nominee at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards APSA in the nomination “Best Screenplay” of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy. Brisbane, Australia.