Production
Pallas Film
Otter Films
Juben Pictures
KNM
ZDF / ARTE
Otter Films
Juben Pictures
KNM
ZDF / ARTE
Director
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Written by
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Gennady Ostrovsky
Gennady Ostrovsky
Starring
Samal Eslyamova
Serhey Mazur
Zhipargul Abdilaeva
Slava Agashkin
David Alaverdyan
Askhat Kuchincherekov
Andrey Kalyadov
Serhey Mazur
Zhipargul Abdilaeva
Slava Agashkin
David Alaverdyan
Askhat Kuchincherekov
Andrey Kalyadov
Nomination
2019 – Oscar. Best foreign language film
Awards
2018 – Golden Palm Award for Best Actress at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival
2019 – Grand Prix of the 28th International Film Festival in Cottbus
2020 – Grand Prix of the Tokyo Film Festival Filmex
2019 – Grand Prix of the 28th International Film Festival in Cottbus
2020 – Grand Prix of the Tokyo Film Festival Filmex
AYKA
2018
A young immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, Aika, lives and works illegally in Moscow. After an unwanted pregnancy, she leaves her child in the maternity ward to return to work. But over time, maternal instincts take over, and Aika begins a desperate search for her abandoned son.
Synopsis