BECOMING
Locarno, 2025
Drama, Coming of Age
90'
SYNOPSIS
A young woman joins an experimental swimming school and discovers a training method that allows her to challenge her limits - before the course of events reveals the dark side of the competition, including corruption, doping, and troubled relationships…
PEOPLE
Director
Zhannat Alshanova
Writer
Zhannat Alshanova
Main cast
Tamiris Zhangazinova (Mila), Valentin Novopolskij (Vlad), Medina Sagindykova (Lina), Assel Kaliyeva (Dalida)
Crew
DoP: Caroline Champetier, Editor: Lila Desiles, Composer: Emil Sana
(Co-) Producers
Financiers
Volya Films (NL), Films de Force Majeure (FR), Accidental Films (KZ), M-Films (LT)
Netherlands Film Fund, Hubert Bals Fund
FESTIVALS
2025 Locarno Film Festival, Cineasti del Presente
2025 Busan International Film Festival
2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2025 International Film Festival India Goa
2025 Göteburg International Film Festival
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