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Articles by Botagoz Koilybayeva

A woman in glasses with long brown hair looks over a city on the ocean at dusk

“Every Version Contains a Part of the Truth”: Mia Bendrimia and Kira Simon-Kennedy Discuss ‘Magma’

Tue, 08/04/2026

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A man in a cap stares directly into the camera. The angle is distorted, as if shot with a fish eye lens. Another man in the background also looks into the camera. The two are in a densely vegetated area

Looking Back: Contemporary Ethnographic Filmmaking Grapples With Its Own History of Extraction and Offers New Modes of Accountability

Wed, 07/15/2026

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A group of soaked women gather around a riverbed, with pink smoke gathering around them

Becoming the River: Kristina Mikhailova Discusses Violence, Anger, and Female Agency in ‘River Dreams’

Wed, 02/18/2026

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At a stage, two men sit in chairs as a rapt theater audience looks on

Ji.hlava 2025: Top Prize-Winner ‘Silver,’ ‘Virtual Girlfriends,’ ‘Resilience,’ and ‘The Beauty of the Donkey’

Mon, 01/12/2026

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Six brown-skinned individuals (three men, three women) sit on a grassy knoll in a forest, smiling at the camera

“In the Post-Colonial Building of Power Structures, Collaboration Is Everything”: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh Discuss the Himalayan Story Lab

Mon, 11/10/2025

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Photographs are scattered throughout the grass. There is a building with a cross in the background.

“Literally and Knowingly Poisoned”: Zhanana Kurmasheva Discusses ‘We Live Here’

Mon, 04/28/2025

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