Yermek Shinarbayev ( also translated as Ermek Shinarbaev ) is a Soviet film director . Born in 1953 in Alma-Ata , Soviet Union ( now Almaty , Kazakhstan ) , Shinarbaev is sometimes categorized as a member of the Kazakh New Wave . He is especially well known for his collaboration with the Korean-Russian writer Anatoli Kim , resulting three films . The last of Shinarbaev-Kim film '' Mest '' ( Revenge ) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival , and won the grand prize at Sochi Open Russian Film Festival in 1990
1991 Cannes Film Festival
1991 Cannes Film Festival
Yermek Shinarbayev