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Nigina Sayfullaeva was born on 16 April 1985 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Tajikistan]. She is a director and writer, known for Name Me (2014), Vernost (2019) and Tag Along (2010).- Director
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Born in Tajikistan during the Soviet Union period, Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov worked for Tadjikfilm Studios, TV and radio, as a journalist or assistant director, from 1982 to 1984. He then studied at the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), in Igor Talankin's class, where he directed two short films ("Shutniki" aka "Jokers" in 1986, "Verish Nje Verish" aka "Believe It Or Not" in 1988) and a documentary ("Sobachija Okhota" aka "Hunting with Dogs" in 1987). In 1991, two years after he graduated, he directed and co-wrote his first feature film The Little Brother (1991) and won several awards in International film festivals. He eventually directed his second film Odds and Evens (1993), co-produced by many different countries (especially Germany since he started to live and work in Berlin in 1993) and for which he collaborated again with Leonid Makhkamov for the scenario. He won a prestigious Silver Lion in Venice for this film.
He benefited from a bigger budget for his next film, Luna Papa (1999), another international co-production, co-written with Georgian filmmaker 'Irakli Kvirikadze' and starring Russian rising star Chulpan Khamatova, German famous actor Moritz Bleibtreu and Tajik actor Ato Mukhamedzhanov (the latter's last movie). Khudojnazarov created a Kusturica-alike poetic atmosphere for which the crew built an entire village in a desert of Central Asia. It became his most internationally famous movie and received numerous awards, including a Nika Award for best director (main Russian national award). The music composed by Daler Nazarov also became an appreciated soundtrack.
He then directed Shik (2003), also an international co-production, from a scenario by Oleg Antonov and with Daler Nazarov for the music again. His next film will be a Russian production, _Tanker Tango (2005)_.- Viktor Anatol'yevich But was born on 13 January 1967 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union [now Republic of Tajikistan]. He has been married to Alla Vladimirovna But since 1992. They have one child.
- Mikhail Filipchuk was born on 18 September 1988 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Tajikistan]. He is an actor, known for The Thief (1997), Sympathy Seeker (1997) and Krestonosets-2 (1997).
- Aleksandr Bargman was born on 20 June 1970 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Tajikistan]. He is an actor, known for Trotsky (2017), Antonina obernulas (2008) and The Oath (2020).
- Aleksandr Dik was born on 1 December 1949 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He is an actor, known for Opasnyy povorot (1972), Zapiski Pikvikskogo kluba (1972) and Father Sergius (1979).
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Born in Dushanbe, Tadzhik SSR, USSR (now in Tajikistan), he is a Tajik-Polish screenwriter, director and cinematographer, best known for creating the long-running sitcom Swiat wedlug Kiepskich (1999). He graduated a film operator course at the Moscow Institute of Cinematography. Khamidov's father Obid ran a movie production company in Tajikistan for many years. He has two brothers: Olim, a film expert, and Tolib, a director. He directed 14 movies in Tajikistan before moving to Poland in 1994. In 1999 he created Swiat wedlug Kiepskich, a sitcom that soon became a hit and only finished its run in 2022. He later moved on to work on serialized pseudo-documentaries, such as Trudne sprawy (2011) and Dlaczego ja? (2010). In 2003 he became a citizen of Poland. He has a son, Komil - who is a professional chess player, a professional poker player, and a rapper - and a daughter, Malika. He lives in Wroclaw.- Composer
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Daler Nazarov was born on 8 September 1959 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He is a composer and actor, known for Shik (2003), Sex & Philosophy (2005) and Kumir (1988).- Stunts
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Ruslan Khabibullov was born on 2 March 1975 in Dushanbe, Tadzhik SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Leviathan (2014), Interceptor (2009) and 9th Company (2005).- Composer
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Gennadi Aleksandrov was born on 9 April 1937 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He is a composer and director, known for Malenkiy mstitel (1992), Dear Yelena Sergeyevna (1988) and Ya ey nravlyus (1986).- Actor
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Takhir Sabirov was born on 21 December 1929 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was an actor and director, known for Izmena (1967), Margi sudkhur (1967) and I eshchyo odna noch Shakherazady (1985). He was married to Sobira Aminova and Rano Mavlyanova. He died on 31 May 2002 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.- Actor
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Ato Mukhamedzhanov was born on 2 September 1940 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Bodyguard (1979), The Blessed Bukhara (1991) and Opalyonnye Kandagarom (1989). He died on 9 September 2002 in Isafara, Tajikistan.- Actress
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Manizha Dalerovna Sangin (née Khamrayeva), known professionally as simply Manizha, is a Russian-Tajik singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2003 as a child singer, Manizha went on to perform with the music groups Ru.Kola, Assai, and Krip De Shin, before later pursuing a solo career. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Russian Woman" where she placed 9th.- Sairam Isayeva was born on 24 November 1942 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. She is an actress, known for Perevorot po instruktyi 107 (1983), Odna sredi lyudey (1974) and Vostochnaya plutovka (1989).
- Firuz Bakhor was born on 19 November 1942 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, USSR. He is a composer, known for Kto poedet v Truskavets (1977), Segodnya i vsegda (1982) and Pozyvnye 'Vershina' (1984).
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Tolibhon Shakhidi was born on 13 March 1946 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He is a composer and actor, known for Two-Legged Horse (2008), Kapkan dlya shakalov (1985) and Prestupnik i advokaty (1981).- Batur Khalikov was born on 11 September 1945 in Dushanbe, Tadzhikskaya SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Vkus khalvy (1975). He died in 2011.
- Alisher Khodzhayev was born on 14 January 1949 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He is an actor, known for Kapkan dlya shakalov (1985), Povar i pevitsa (1978) and Dorogi byvayut raznyye (1971).
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Marat Aripov was born on 27 July 1935 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was an actor and director, known for Avitsenna (1957), Tayna predkov (1973) and Nisso (1966). He died on 29 October 2018 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.- Dilbar Umarova was born on 26 August 1949 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. She is an actress, known for Bol lyubvi (1989), Legend of Rustam (1971) and I eshchyo odna noch Shakherazady (1985).
- Shavkat Gaziyev was born on 7 June 1944 in Dushanbe, Tadzhikskaya SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Posrednik (1990), Zolotoye runo (1982) and Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972). He died on 5 October 2014 in Moscow, Russia.
- Mukadas Makhmudov was born on 20 February 1926 in Dyushambe, Tajik ASSR, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. She was a director, known for Kapkan dlya shakalov (1985), Povar i pevitsa (1978) and Belyy royal (1969). She died on 18 April 1991.
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Mumin Shakirov was born in Dushanbe. He worked several years at the Tajik Film Studio. In 1989 he graduated from the All-Union (now Russian) State Institute of Cinematography (RSIC), the Directing Department.
In 1994 Mumin Shakirov became involved in journalism. From 1994 to 1997 he worked at the Literaturnaya gazeta ("Literary Gazette") and Novaya gazeta ("New Gazette") covering the civil wars in Tajikistan, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Abkhazia and the former Yugoslavia. In 1994 he started his collaboration with Radio Liberty and from 1998 to 2012 he worked as their special correspondent.
He wrote and directed the mini-series "Eastern Express" and the "Special Reportage" series: «Hot Spots of the Former Empire", "Is it Easy to be a Russian in the Neighbouring Countries and the Baltics" and the "Formula of Cinema". He authored several books "Drug Trafficking in Russia" (1998) and "A Million for a Woman" (2006).
He participated in the film festivals "Zolotoi dyuk" (Golden Duke), "Stalker" (Stalker), "Kinotavr" (Kinotaur), "Zakon & obshestvo" (Law & Society) , "Poslanie cheloveku" (Message to Man) (2005) and the Moscow International Film Festival.
In 2013 he made a controversial documentary "Holocaust - is it a wallpaper paste?" The film premiered on 22 June 2013 at the October cinema within the framework of the Moscow International Film Festival 2013 (main competition, the documentary section). This film was shown at various film forums, such as the Boston Jewish Film Festival, Repertuar festiwalu Sputnik (Satellite over Poland),(one of the viewings was arranged at the Ida Kaminsky Jewish Cinema for the "children of Holocaust" - the descendants of those who perished in concentration camps during World War II, Stalker, Festival of Tolerance, Zagreb Jewish Film Festival, International Film Festival "Jewish Motifs" in Warsaw, International Film Festival "INPUT 2014" in Helsinki. In January 2014 the film was released in Belarus.
On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the public became interested again in the documentary "Holocaust - is it a wallpaper paste?" In October 2014 the film was included in the 7th Festival of Russian Documentaries in New York as part of the special programme dedicated to Holocaust. The film was also shown at the International Film Festival "Flahertiana" in the city of Perm, where the film received the award for the best script. Throughout 2014, the film was shown in many Russian cities as part of the visiting Stalker Film Festival - a festival dedicated to human rights: Krasnoyarsk, Kaliningrad, Syktyvkar, Kursk, Voronezh, Penza, Mozhaisk, Izhevsk, Vologda, and Petrozavodsk.
On 27 January 2015 - on the Holocaust Memorial Day, the film was shown in the city of Ivanovo. After the viewing of the documentary, the audience had a discussion with Mumin Shakirov. Mumin Shakirov lives and works in Moscow.- Director
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Oleg Tulayev was born on 30 March 1949 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was a director and actor, known for Moya lubov-revolutsiya (1981), Viltoarea (1992) and Chest imeyu (1988). He died on 1 June 2003 in Chisinau, Moldova.- Mokhsira Shomakhmudova was born on 4 December 1969 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, USSR. She is an actress, known for Noktyurn dlya barabana i mototsikla (1994).
- Timur Zulfikarov was born on 17 August 1936 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He is a writer, known for Belyy royal (1969), Mirazhi lyubvi (1987) and Chelovek ukhodit za ptitsami (1976).
- Stanislava Novikova was born on 3 April 1987 in Dushanbe, Tadzhikskaya SSR, USSR [now Tadzhikistan]. She is an actress, known for Devochki poymut (2014), Kasting na lyubov (2015) and Modnyy prigovor (2007). She has been married to Dmitriy Kopylov since January 2014.
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Margarita Kasymova was born on 10 April 1938 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. She is a director and writer, known for Malenkiy boyets (1998), Zorka venera (2000) and Syn za ottsa... (1995).- Actor
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Vladimir Shubarin was born on 23 December 1934 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He was an actor, known for Heavenly Swallows (1976), Krik delfina (1987) and Opasnye gastroli (1969). He died on 16 April 2002 in Moscow, Russia.- Writer
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Vladimir Voinovich was born on 26 September 1932 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was a writer and actor, known for Shapka (1990), Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina (1994) and Dva tovarishcha (2001). He was married to Valentina Vasilievna Boltushkina, Svetlana Yakovlevna Kolesnichenko and Irina Danilovna Braude. He died on 27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia.- Mekhrangiz Gasanova was born on 11 June 1954 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. She is an actress, known for Mirazhi lyubvi (1987), Prestupnik i advokaty (1981) and Afghan Breakdown (1992).
- Lyudmila Yurova was born on 19 January 1965 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Hotsunlight (2021).
- Evgeniy Valts was born on 12 November 1981 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, USSR. He is an actor, known for The Challenge (2023), Khitrovka. The Sign of Four (2023) and Detektor (2023).
- Dilshod Nazarov is a Tajik track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw.
He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on four occasions (in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), winning the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, the first gold medal for Tajikistan in the history of the Olympic Games.
He has competed seven times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2017), but has been most successful at regional competitions: he won medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) at eight Asian Athletics Championships and was the hammer champion at the Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He won his first global medal (a silver) in 2010 at the IAAF Continental Cup.
His personal best for the event is 80.71 meters, set in 2013. - Actress
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Born in Dushanbe to a multicultural family Sitora began her career in the film industry as an actress. At the age of 6 she played her first two roles in a young Tajik director Batur Arabov's works and then some more roles in various art and television film. At the same time she decided not to continue her career as an actress and entered the scriptwriting and film history department of The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography a.k.a. VGIK (course of E. Surkov and L. Mamatova) in Moscow which she graduated in 1987. In 1987-91 she worked in Tajikistan, first as an expert of the Culture Fund and then as a senior film-editor at the "Tadjikfilm" studio.
Her international festival career began when Sitora was invited to organize a Tajik film program as a part of the Moscow International Film Festival in 1991. She moved to Moscow and began to work as an editor for the Fund for Cinema Support (1991-1993) and then as Daniil Dondurey's, "Iskusstvo Kino" editor-in-chief, referent (1993-1996). At the same time in 1993 Sitora had become a film program coordinator of the International Film Festival in Sochi held by "Kinotavr" Company Group and in 1999-2005 she was a director and member of the selection committee of the International Film Festival Sochi, the International Film Festival "Faces of Love", and the International Children's Arts Festival "Kinotavrik". In 2002-2005 she was an executive director of the Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" and since 2005, when all the international festivals of the "Kinotavr" brand were stopped and only ORFF was left by the new management, she is a permanent program director of it.
By now Sitora Alieva is an internationally recognized film expert, who was a jury member at numerous national and international film festivals, including Berlinale, Venice and Karlovy Vary, and an official Russian delegate at the Rome International Film Festival. She is Russia's Ministry of Culture film expert, lecturer at the universities and film schools in Russia and abroad and one of the key figures in selecting and promoting Russian cinema within the country and at the international film festival scene.- Liana Zavo is a celebrity host, publicist, founder, public speaker, and author. Her strong suit is digital storytelling and personal brand development. As a PR maven and expert, Zavo helps establish professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, and social impact brands as authorities in their niche. As a business influencer and branding expert, Zavo develops a strong and consistent online brand reputation and personal brand that gains customers' trust. By controlling the narrative online, Liana knows exactly how to position her clients as the authority. Zavo's talented team helps achieve clients' compelling press campaigns, and content strategies to create strong brand awareness. By creating social media presence with the right amount of editorial content, interviews, and podcast placement we attract the necessary target market and close more deals. As the successful CEO and founder of ZavoMedia PR Group headquartered in New York City, Liana is responsible for designing PR campaigns and personal brand strategies to drive growth and for helping leaders navigate complexity with confidence and clarity of thought.
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Born in 1956 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Scriptwriter and director. In 1979 he graduated from the history faculty of the Tajik State University. In 1989 he graduated from the faculty of film and television directing of VGIK, Moscow. Since 1990 he has been the art director of the Haoma studio. He made his first feature film, 'Stranger's Game' in 1991. He also directs documentaries. Now lives and works in Moscow.- Yuri Astafyev was born on 12 April 1949 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was an actor, known for V polose priboya (1990), Ishchu druga zhizni (1987) and Dvoe i odna (1988). He died on 4 November 1990 in Yalta, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.