Kyrgyzstanis saying goodbye to film director Bolot Shamshiyev

AKIPRESS.COM - A requiem service for film director, people's artist of Kyrgyzstan Bolot Shamshiyev is taking place on Dec 24 at the Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Shamshiyev passed away on December 21 at the age of 79 of illness. He directed eleven films between 1965 and 1988.
His 1976 film The White Ship made it to the the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. He directed such movies as Among the People, Echo of Love, Climbing Fujiyama, Gunshot at Karash Pass, Scarlet Poppies of Issyk-Kul, White Ship, Early Cranes, Wolf Pit, Manachy and others.
Hundreds of people, including well-known officials Kubatbek Boronov, Altynay Omurbekova, Azamat Jamankulov, Aida Kasymalieva, Chingiz Aidarbekov, Rosetta Aitmatova, and others are attending.