TASHKENT -- A Russian production company that made a documentary glorifying Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015 has been hired to shoot a film about Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev ahead of an ...

UNESCO and the Embassy of Poland in the Republic of Uzbekistan in close cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Stud Tours to Poland, and «Leaders of Change» Foundation, will organize an ...

TASHKENT -- Shuhrat Abbosov, a prominent theater and film director known as one of the founders of Uzbek cinema, died on April 25 at the age of 87. Abbosov's relatives told RFE/RL that the film ...

“If there is a giant who sits astride the history of Uzbek cinema, it’s Ali Khamraev, one of those rare talents like Welles or Godard or Scorsese whose love for the medium is so intense that his best ...

Asia Society presents Eastern Notions: Five Films by Ali Khamraev, the first New York retrospective dedicated to Uzbekistan's master filmmaker, in partnership with Anthology Film Archives from ...

Namangan, a city in Uzbekistan’s portion of the Ferghana Valley, was aflame last month. Bursts of gunfire punctured the air. A bus was set alight. Led by two fierce-eyed young men – Tahir and Juma – a ...

Traditional Uzbek music does not seem an obvious fit to accompany a silent movie from Weimar Germany, but judging by the enthusiastic reaction of the audience, the pairing worked. On December 1, a ...