Director
Aktan Arym Kubat
March 26, 1957 · Sakoulou, Kountouou, Kyrgyzstan
Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyz: Актан Арым Кубат; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor. Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film Academy, acting Member of Asia Pacific Screen Academy. In 2016, Aktan Arym Kubat was recognized as one of the best directors in Asia, and Beshkempir/The Adopted Son entered the top 100 Asian films of all time, released by the Busan International Film Festival, which conducted a survey among 73 prominent film professionals, film critics, festival executives, programmers and directors. Best known for the films Beshkempir/The Adopted Son (1998), Maimyl/The Chimp (2001), The Light Thief (2010), Centaur (2017).
Aktan Arym Kubat has received many industry awards, including Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, Bronze Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the FIPRESCI Prizes from International Federation of Film Critics, he was a participant of Un Certain Regard and Lа Quinzaine des Realisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival, Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival and other festivals.
Often works with
Mirlan Abdykalykov
6 titles together
The Adopted Son, The Chimp, The Swing
Taalaikan Abazova
4 titles together
Centaur, The Light Thief, Heavenly Nomadic
Ernest Abdyjaparov
2 titles together
Bus Stop, How a Boy Saved His City
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Maksat Mamyrkanov
2 titles together
Centaur, This Is What I Remember
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Anar Nazarkulova
2 titles together
Heavenly Nomadic, This Is What I Remember
Full filmography · 16
Black Red Yellow
Director and Writer
2025
This Is What I Remember
as Zarlyk and Writer and Director
2023
How a Boy Saved His City
cast
2018
Centaur
as Centaur and Director and Writer
20176.5
Heavenly Nomadic
Writer
2015
Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III
cast
2012
The Light Thief
as Svet-Ake (as Aktan Arym Kubat) and Director and Writer
2011
Mother's Paradise
Director
2009
The Chimp
Director and Writer
2001
The Adopted Son
Director and Writer
1999
Hassan Hussen
Director
1997
Bus Stop
Director and Writer
1995