‘Only Heaven Knows’ Director Nurzhamal Karamoldoeva Says ICE Raids Would Have Made Film ‘Impossible’ Today, Talks Strong Wave of Kyrgyz Cinema

The nomadic Alternativa Film Festival travelled over 7,000 miles between its original launchpad of Kazakhstan and Medellín, Colombia, for its third edition. But one of the great audience successes of the festival this year came from close to its roots: Nurzhamal Karamoldoeva’s “Only Heaven Knows,” made by a majority Kyrgyz creative team and shot in […]

By Rafa Sales Ross