Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev

An allegory about the tensions between the traditional and the new in Kazakh society, and making striking use of the country's vast steppes, the film concerns a young boy who is brought up by his stepmother and a nomadic hunter (bfi.org.uk)

Tanabay is a proud Kazakh war hero and loyal Communist who is pressured into taking a position as a herdsman in a collective farm in the Stalinist era after WWII. The pride and joy of the collective is a beautiful stallion named Gulsary. After Gulsary wins a race, the new commissar of the collective lays claim to the beloved and headstrong horse, which leads to a battle of a wills... (imdb)

The story is about a group of proud hunters known as Snow Leopards, who in order to survive a brutal winter must ask for help from the inhabitants of the lowlands. The price of the aid is the hand of the daughter of the Snow Leopard, who is promised to a rich merchant. (FILMAFFINITY)