Darezhan Omirbaev ( , '' Darejan Omirbaev '' ; born 15 March 1958 ) is a Kazakh film director and screenwriter . Omirbaev has directed nine films since 1982 ; six features , one medium length digital film , and three shorts . His second short , '' Shilde , '' shot in black and white , is autobiographical , as are his first two features '' Kairat '' ( also shot in black and white ) and '' Cardiogram '' , which premiered at the 52nd edition of the Venice Film Festival , winning the CICT/UNESCO Prize . '' Tueur à gages '' , a crime story inspired by Tolstoy 's " The Forged Coupon " , screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Prize Un Certain Regard
1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
Darezhan Omirbaev