modmove » Children of Independence: The Rise of Central Asian Cinema http://modmove.com Australian Entertainment and Popular Culture in Review Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:41:31 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema Children of Independence: The Rise of Central Asian Cinema http://modmove.com/exhibitions/asia-pacific-triennial-cinema-children-of-independence-the-rise-of-central-asian-cinema/ http://modmove.com/exhibitions/asia-pacific-triennial-cinema-children-of-independence-the-rise-of-central-asian-cinema/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:49:49 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=17407 Offering audiences a chance to see acclaimed films rarely screened in Australia, ‘Children of Independence’ charts the recent development of filmmaking from the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

Emerging from years of Soviet Union rule, which heavily restricted what stories could be told, a new wave of filmmakers born after the declaration of independence in 1991 are leading the rise of films that unflinchingly have much to say about injustice, culture and tradition.

 

 

Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema Children of Independence: The Rise of Central Asian Cinema
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A, Brisbane
12 February – 19 March 2025
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

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