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Rebirth Island movie storyline. It’s summer 1992, a month before the collapse of the Soviet empire. A military scientist, Colonel Dautov, serves at the top-secret laboratory on Rebirth Island. The Colonel’s beliefs and military oath are challenged when he rescues an imprisoned woman from the laboratory and helps a CIA agent to find the secret burial ground of 200 tons of the bioweapon Anthrax-836 to avert the biological apocalypse.
Writer-director Aysulu Onaran (Balaban) has wrapped principal photography on her latest feature film, Rebirth Island. The film is a historical spy thriller based on true events from the Cold War. Executive producers on the pic are Rose Ganguzza (Fatima) and Adilet Yessimov (Balaban). The film was shot on location in Kazakhstan. Onaran will present the project to buyers at EFM.
Rebirth Island is a Kazakhstan thriller film directed by Aysulu Onaran and starring Dulyga Akmolda, Mariyam Baisakalova, Malika Baygubenova, Dydar Boltayev, Vlad Bukatkin, Olga Landina, Ramyl Mirzoyev, Arystan Saparbay, Anuar Sarsembin, Tomiris Stepankyzy. The screenplay was written by Aysulu Onaran.
About Aysulu Onaran
Aysulu Onaran is a director and writer. She made her directorial debut with Balaban, a coming-of-age drama about two HIV-positive teenage girls and their journey to freedom. That year, she has initiated “My Body My Choice” educational program supporting girls and women facing gender abuse.
The film premiered at the Mix Milano film festival in Italy in 2022. After Balaban Aysulu filmed her second feature “Rebirth Island”, a captivating spy thriller, about biological weapons and the Cold War. The “Rebirth island” was theatrically released nationwide on 20th June 2024. She is in pre-production of her third feature “Countdown to Chaos” presently.
Rebirth Island (2024)
Directed by: Aysulu Onaran
Starring: Dulyga Akmolda, Mariyam Baisakalova, Malika Baygubenova, Dydar Boltayev, Vlad Bukatkin, Olga Landina, Ramyl Mirzoyev, Arystan Saparbay, Anuar Sarsembin, Tomiris Stepankyzy
Screenplay by: Aysulu Onaran
Cinematography by: David Khayznikov
Film Editing by: Dmitri Komm, Evgeniy Makharashvili
Costume Design by: Elena Yakovleva
Art Direction by: Beken Narbay
Makeup Department: Natalya Achsheulova, Vera Koroleva, Aigerim Uzakova
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Kazakfilm
Release Date: June 20, 2024 (Kazakhstan)
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