A point of departure, the speech of the President Nursultan Nazarbaiev in 1997 which fixes the future of Kazakhstan. A new capitalist world builds itself on fantasies, on illusions. The Soviet referents are denied. Everything reinvents. The reality is transformed. The fiction takes shape with Astana, new postmodern capital, dream of the President.
Christian Barani
Christian Barani’s conception of his artistic career is that of a go-between, crossing the realms of direction, diffusion, and transmission. As a video artist, he decided in 1997 to enter the documentary sphere for ethic and political stakes, and for other stakes linked to the representation of the human being in his daily actions. Christian Barani’s videos are presented in Europe and abroad. He regularly collaborates for the Arte research workshop.
Guillame Reynard
Guillaume Reynard is an illustrator, he lives in Paris. Works with several publishing houses (Flammarion, Autrement...) and publishes in various newspapers (Le Monde, LibeÅLration, Air France Magazine...). His illustrations are also used for stage design in museums, and by institutions or communications groups.
General sponsor
Kazahstan naissance d'une nation
France
2008, 65', color, video
Directed by:
Christian Barani, Guillame Reynard
Screenplay by:
Christian Barani, Guillaume Reynard
Cinematography:
Christian Barani, Guillaume Reynard
Edited by:
Christian Barani, Guillaume Reynard
Music:
Thomas Koner
Producer:
Christophe Gougeon
Produced by:
Atopic
