Kamara Shadmanova Kamalova (born December 9, 1938) is an Uzbek filmmaker. She has been called "the most celebrated woman film-maker of Central Asia."[1]

Kamara Kamalova
Камара Камалова Edit this on Wikidata
BornDecember 9, 1938 Edit this on Wikidata
Bukhara Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationFilm director Edit this on Wikidata

Kamara Kamalova was born in Bukhara, the daughter of a philosophy professor and a schoolteacher. After studying physics at Moscow State University, she entered the prestigious All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). After graduating in 1964, she worked for Uzbekfilm making animated films, then began making feature films starting with Gorkaya yagoda/Bitter Berry (1975). Most of her films are about children, coming of age stories, or young lovers.[1]

Filmography

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  • Neobychnoe Prkluchenie (A Remarkable Adventure), 1966 (animated)[2]
  • Kio sdelal oblako? (Who Made a Cloud?), 1967 (animated)[2]
  • Rakhim I Zhuk (Rakhim anda Beetle), 1967 (animated)[2]
  • Poprygunchik (A Fidget), 1968 (animated)[2]
  • Gorkaya yagoda/Bitter Berry, 1975[1]
  • Chuzhoye shchastye/Other People's Happiness 1978[3]
  • Will You Go Out Tomorrow?, 1980[4]
  • About the Thing which never happened, 1985[4]
  • O tom, chego ne bylo/My Grandson Working in Police 1986 [1]
  • Dikar/The Savage 1988 [1]
  • Atrof Qorga Burkandi/All Around Was Covered by Snow 1995 [1]
  • Jol Budsin/Happy Journey 2006[5]
  • Dorogapod Nebesami /The Road Under the Skies, 2006[1]
  • Unitma meni/Don't Forget Me, 2014[6]
  • Kim deya seni/TheRoad to Nowhere, 2022[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Donmez-Colin, Gonul (2012). Cinemas of the other. A personal journey with film-makers from Central Asia. Internet Archive. Bristol : Intellect. ISBN 978-1-84150-549-7.
  2. ^ a b c d Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2017). Animation : a world history. Internet Archive. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-138-85452-9.
  3. ^ A Guide to world cinema : covering 7,200 films of 1950-84 including capsule reviews and stills from the programmes of the National Film Theatre, London. Internet Archive. London : Whittet Books in association with the British Film Institute ; Detroit, MI : Distributed in North America by Gale Research Co. 1985. ISBN 978-0-905483-33-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ a b Kamila, HASANOVA (2023-04-27). "KAMARA KAMALOVA'S DIRECTING METHODOLOGY AS A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF AUTHOR'S THEORY IN UZBEK CINEMATOGRAPHY". МАДАНИЯТ ВА САНЪАТ ЖУРНАЛИ. 2 (2): 119–126. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7871437.
  5. ^ International film guide 2006 : the definitive annual review of world cinema. Internet Archive. London : Button. 2006. ISBN 978-0-9548766-2-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ UzDaily. "Uzbek film wins prize in Moscow cinema festival". UzDaily.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  7. ^ Kamila, HASANOVA (2024-03-06). "THE PROBLEM OF GENERATIONS IN THE NEW FILM BY K. KAMALOVA "ROAD TO NOWHERE"". Journal of Culture and Art/КУЛЬТУРА И ИСКУССТВОМАДАНИЯТ ВА САНЪА (in Uzbek). doi:10.5281/ZENODO.10784400.