Alisher’s Gift

ALISHER’S GIFT is a Matt Wallace short film based in central Asia.

An Uzbek and Kyrgyz blended family learns there are more than ethnic issues behind their historic misfortune. The recent death of their uncle Alisher prompts the delivery of gifts to a nephew and niece who learn important truths about both their recent and ancient past.

 

ALISHER’S GIFT is a fictional tale fashioned on real-life stories that highlight tensions and narratives that shape the way people interact and understand one another. The narratives and beliefs of the area have been twisted by the powerful and has flavored the way people understand their history – recent and ancient. TELIK and AIDIA’s uncle KURBAN has traveled far from Uzbekistan to bring the gifts from their recently deceased uncle.

ALISHER’S GIFT was filmed in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

 

 

 

 

CAST, CREW, & CROWDFUNDERS