2018
AYKA
Pallas Film
Otter Films
Juben Pictures
KNM
ZDF / ARTE
Production
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Director
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Gennady Ostrovsky
Written by
Samal Eslyamova
Serhey Mazur
Zhipargul Abdilaeva
Slava Agashkin
David Alaverdyan
Askhat Kuchincherekov
Andrey Kalyadov
Starring
2019 Oscar. Best foreign language film
Nomination
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
Awards
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