Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Born in 1982 in Kazakhstan, he graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts as a film director. After three acclaimed short films, he directed his feature debut Realtors in 2011. His third film, The Owners, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, and his sixth one, The Gentle Indifference of the World, at Un Certain Regard in 2018. His film Assault won last year the Reims Polar Grand Prize.