MERGEN

МЕРГЕН

By Chingiz NARYNOV

NATIONAL FILM STUDIO KYRGYZFILM - as PROD / FIN

First film - Completed 2025

In a remote Kyrgyz town where gold mining and poaching rule, an investigator’s inherited visions reveal a dark connection between a poacher kingpin, a murdered girl, and a deadly conspiracy to control an abandoned gold mine.

Festivals
& Awards

Bishkek 2025
Best Film
    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama, Thriller
    • Countries
    • KYRGYZSTAN
    • Languages
    • KYRGYZ
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Chingiz NARYNOV
    • Writer(s)
    • Aikyz GAPAROVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Chingiz NARYNOV (Citylab production)
    • Synopsis
    • The fictional town of Mergen, nestled in the Tian Shan mountains. It's 1987, and during the ceremonial opening of a gold mining shaft, police officer Momun (35) suffers an epileptic seizure.