Amiens International Film Festival 2013 Won Best Actor Timur Aidarbekov  Won Golden Unicorn Emir Baigazin    Annonay International Festival of First Films 2014 Nominated Grand Jury Prize Emir Baigazin    Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013 Won High Commendation Achievement in Directing Emir Baigazin  Nominated Asia Pacific Screen Award Achievement in Directing Emir Baigazin    Asian Film Awards 2014 Nominated Asian Film Award Best Cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiev    Berlin International Film Festival 2013 Won Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" Emir Baigazin  Won Silver Berlin Bear Outstanding Artistic Contribution Aziz Zhambakiev  For the camera. Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Emir Baigazin    Chicago International Film Festival 2013 Nominated Audience Choice Award Emir Baigazin    Cinemanila International Film Festival 2013 Nominated Lino Brocka Award International Competition Emir Baigazin    CinEuphoria Awards 2014 Nominated CinEuphoria Best Film - International Competition Anna Kachko (producer)  Emir Baigazin (director)  Best Actor - International Competition Timur Aidarbekov  Best Supporting Actor - International Competition Mukhtar Andassov  Best Screenplay - International Competition Emir Baigazin  Best Editing - International Competition Emir Baigazin    CPH PIX 2013 Nominated New Talent Grand PIX Emir Baigazin    French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2014 Won Critics Award Best Foreign First Film Emir Baigazin    Ghent International Film Festival 2013 Won Special Mention Emir Baigazin  Harmony Lessons features a clear and simple way of storytelling. Nominated Grand Prix Emir Baigazin    Hong Kong International Film Festival 2014 Nominated SIGNIS Award Emir Baigazin    Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2013 Won João Bénard da Costa Special Jury Award Emir Baigazin    Oslo Films from the South Festival 2013 Nominated Films from the South Award Best Feature Emir Baigazin (director)    Philadelphia Film Festival 2013 Won Best First Time Director Emir Baigazin  Won Honorable Mention Best Cinematography Aziz Zhambakiev    Sakhalin International Film Festival 2013 Won Best Director Award Emir Baigazin  Nominated Grand Prix Emir Baigazin    Seattle International Film Festival 2013 Won New Director''s Showcase Award Emir Baigazin  Emir Baigazin''s astounding debut feature Harmony Lessons set the bar for all the films that the ...  More   São Paulo International Film Festival 2013 Won Critics Special Award Emir Baigazin  Won International Jury Award Best Feature Film Emir Baigazin    Tokyo FILMeX 2013 Won Special Jury Prize Emir Baigazin  For its talented vision that takes us into a male world through a metaphor where harmony of ...  More Nominated Grand Prize Emir Baigazin    Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Won Best New Narrative Director - Special Jury Mention Emir Baigazin    Warsaw International Film Festival 2013 Won NETPAC Award Emir Baigazin  For the depiction of a highly sensitive subject matter expressed in a striking visual manner, for ...  More

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Harmony Lessons (Kazakh: Асланның сабақтары, Russian: Уроки гармонии) is a 2013 Kazakh-German drama film directed by Emir Baigazin. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival[1] where Aziz Zhambakiyev won the award for an outstanding artistic contribution
Harmony Lessons is set in a small Kazakhstan village, where Aslan, a thirteen-year-old boy living with his grandmother is a diligent student, bullied by an older boy Bolat and his gang connected with adult criminals and prisoners. The plot concerns Aslan''s humiliations, and slow revenge.
In this insightful Kazakh film, symbolism and striking cinematography help us navigate the complicated landscape of a teenager’s mind after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Emir Baigazin wrote, edited and directed this fascinating Darwinist first feature, which, through his still shots, reminds us of Bresson and the best parts of Japanese film noir. — Frédéric Boyer at the Tribeca Film Festival