2000 Songs of Farida (2020)

Original title

Фариданинг икки минг қўшиғи

Directed by

Yalkin Tuychiev

Genre

drama film

Country

Uzbekistan

Runtime

1h 50m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young woman named Farida in Central Asia during the year 1920. It tells her story through memories and music set against a turbulent historical backdrop.

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What happens

2000 Songs of Farida (Uzbek: Faridaning ikki ming qoʻshigʻi), also translated as Farida's 2000 Songs, is a 2020 Uzbekistani drama film directed by Yalkin Tuychiev. It is set in Central Asia in 1920. The film premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 17 October 2020, and was shown a couple of weeks later at the 2020 Busan International Film Festival. It was selected as the Uzbekistani entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but was disqualified owing to the correct format of the film not being submitted by the deadline. However, it was resubmitted for the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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