Born in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in 1948, Murat Aliyev graduated from the film operator faculty of the VGIK film school in Moscow in 1979 and now works with the film studio Kyrgyzfilm. Among Aliyev’s recent works are Border (2011), The Uranium Typhoon (2010), Kelin (2008) and Petrarka’s Readings(2007).
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
