The Calvert Journal Film Festival 2021

All the Dreams We Dream

Expired October 30, 2021 6:00 AM
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How should we remember catastrophic events? And what remains in people’s memory when their stories are silenced? All the Dreams We Dream is a hand-drawn animation based on the memories of those who endured famine in Kazakhstan in the 1930s. Based on two memoirs retold by poet Gafu Kairbekov, it seeks to explore questions of empathy and fear, asking how stories of violence and pain should be recounted in the modern age.


  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    00:21:05
  • Country
    Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
  • Director
    Asel Kadyrkhanova
  • Screenwriter
    Asel Kadyrkhanova, Gafu Kairbekov (memoirs)