Fozil Yunusov

This world does not fit into my eyes

Nasira, a partially-sighted, formerly famous singer, works as a janitor at the Solar Institute in Parkent. Despondent, she retreats more and more into recollections of her past.

Aralkum

The Aral “Sea” powerfully reveals the deadly impact of human activities—in this case, the intensive cultivation of cotton in the USSR—on an ecosystem. Daniel Asadi Faezi (The Absence of Apricots, VdR 2018) and Mila Zhluktenko (Find Fix Finish, VdR 2017) film the shore’s last inhabitants, who have lost their way of life to the desertification of their environment. A beautiful and poignant work about our probable future.