Samara Sagynbaeva is a director and producer from Kyrgyzstan, focusing on topics that reflect social and women's problems in Central Asia.
Samara studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in the Czech Republic. While working in journalism, her debut short documentary The Heir (2016) won an award Best Film by choice of CIS film critics at the Umut Forum and her first short fiction film The Swing (2019) participated in more than 40 festivals around the world and won several awards. Samara was an associate producer of the film The Road to Eden (2020) directed by Dastan Japar and Bakyt Mukul (Tallin Black Nights IFF). Samara has participated and won the "Promising Filmmaker Award" of CHANEL x BIFF Asian Film Academy 2023.
Samara studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in the Czech Republic. While working in journalism, her debut short documentary The Heir (2016) won an award Best Film by choice of CIS film critics at the Umut Forum and her first short fiction film The Swing (2019) participated in more than 40 festivals around the world and won several awards. Samara was an associate producer of the film The Road to Eden (2020) directed by Dastan Japar and Bakyt Mukul (Tallin Black Nights IFF). Samara has participated and won the "Promising Filmmaker Award" of CHANEL x BIFF Asian Film Academy 2023.