Fiction, 27 min, black & white, 2000, Kyrgyzstan Written and directed by Aktan Abdykalykov, Ernest Abdyjaparov Director of photography: Hassan Kydyraliev ABOUT An old man, a boy, a woman and a man are waiting for the bus at a godforsaken bus stop in the middle of nowhere... AWARDS Jury prize for the best short film at Anapa IFF (Russia) Jury prize at Cottbus IFF (Germany)

A preteen boy falls in love with an older girl and spends many happy hours in her company. However, when a young sailor shows up in their village, heartbreak follows.

Asema, a Kyrgyz city girl visiting her boyfriends family in the countryside, is mistaken for a villager and accidentally kidnapped by Sagyn, a young shepard who was too shy to ask the young girl for marriage.