Burning

In a suburban village, a house belonging to a young family who recently lost their firstborn is burning. Neighbors say that the house bears the mark of a curse, as no one understands how the fire started, and eyewitnesses to the incident each have entirely different versions of what happened. Yet, they all share one thing in common – the sense of mystery surrounding the house and its inhabitants.

“A RASHOMAN-STYLE HORROR THRILLER CALLS OUT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (…) SATISFYING AMOUNT OF THRILL AND CHILL (…) THIS IS A FILMMAKER AND A REGION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON” – Screen Anarchy

CONFIDENT, INTOXICATING (…) STAGGERING, HEARTBREAKING ACHIEVEMENT (…) AN ACCOMPLISHMENT (…) HEAVY, HEADY WORK THAT CULLS FROM THE GENRE’S PAST TO SPOTLIGHT DAMNING, DISTINCTLY CONTEMPORARY FEARS” – Dread Central

“MODERN RETELLING OF KUROSAWA’S RASHOMON (…)A BRILLIANT FILM (…) UNEXPECTED NARRATIVE CHOICES AND AN EYE FOR INVENTIVE CAMERA TRICKS (…) UTILIZES THE GENRE’S ABILITY TO EXPLORE THE DARKNESS OF THE HUMAN SOUL” – Nightmare on Film Street

TIGHTLY WOVEN, GRIPPING, SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY (…) YOU LIKELY WON’T FORGET THE FILM FOR A LONG TIME” – The Fright Club

REMARKABLY SKILLFUL (…) [KYRGYZ] ANSWER TO JORDAN PEELE (…) DEFT DIRECTION AND EFFECTIVELY UPSETTING PERFORMANCES (…) TRULY IMPRESSIVE ART DIRECTION” – Rue Morgue

“VERY IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT (…) I RECOGNIZE THE TALENT APPARENT IN BURNING” – Heaven of Horror

Directed by:
Radik Eshimov
Written By:
Aizada Amangeldy, Dastan Madalbekov
Run time:
90 min
Genre:
Horror
Production:
Kyrgyzstan
Language:
Kyrgyz
BURNING poster