In 1984, 10 young filmmakers from Kazakhstan participated in a VGIK (All-Soviet State Cinematography Institute) workshop under the leadership of Sergei Soloviev. After they graduated, these filmmakers began to make new films that rejected the current ′authenticity′ method of filmmaking in Kazakhstan. Ermek Shinarbayev, along with Ardak Amirkulov, Bakhit Karakulov, and Serik Aprimov became the few filmmakers to lead the new wave in Kazakhstan cinema. Born in Almata in 1953, he majored in cinematography at the VGIK. He made his first short The Beauty in Morning in 1982. This film, which portrayed the psychological journey a nomad woman goes through after she loses her husband at a young age, raised fierce controversy within the arena of criticism. In 1985, he began his partnership with Anatoly Kim of Koryo descent with whom he has created a series of masterpieces. Shinarbayev′s 1985 film My Sister Lucie and his 1987 film Out of Forest and into the Glade, both based on Anatoly Kim′s film scripts, have received critical acclaim. His 1989 film The Revenge was also made with the collaboration of Anatoly Kim. This film, which portrays the tragic history of immigration, received an invitation to the 1991 Cannes International Film Festival in the ′Un Certain Regard′ section and became the most intemationally acclaimed film from Kazakhstan. He is currently working on a documentary project.(Kim Ji-Seok)