Gulnara Sarsenova (Kazakh: Gúlnar Bolatqyzy Sársenova, born August
6, 1961) is a Kazakhstan film producer who has produced several
award-winning films. She is the only Central Asian producer to receive
the Best Asian Filmmaker award at Busan International Film Festival,
one of the most significant film festivals in Asia, in 2008.She
graduated from Kazakh State University in Almaty, majoring in
journalism. She completed training courses at Gerasimov Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. She received additional vocational
education at the University of Phoenix in the United States. During 16
years she successfully worked in business structures. Gulnara is the
founder of deluxe merchandise network Fantsuzskiy Dom ("French House")
in Kazakhstan. She is also a founder of a popular newspaper Novaya
Volna ("New Wave") and the Revue magazine. The subject of her PhD
thesis is the aesthetics of youth television shows. In 2005 she
founded her own production company Eurasia Film Production. She was
awarded a French Bonaparte medal and a diploma of the President of the
Republic of Kazakhstan for the achievement in business.In 2008 Gulnara
Sarsenova has received the international Asian Film Maker of the Year
award at Pusan International Film Festival and the same year she was
nominated for Oscar award with her film "Mongol" directed by Sergey
Bodrov Sr. In 2005 and 2008 she was the organizer and general director
for Eurasia International Film Festival and in 2010 she was the
general director of the 2nd Kazakhstani-American Film Festival held in
Almaty."Don't despise a weak cub, it can appear the son of a tiger."
-Mongolian proverb
6, 1961) is a Kazakhstan film producer who has produced several
award-winning films. She is the only Central Asian producer to receive
the Best Asian Filmmaker award at Busan International Film Festival,
one of the most significant film festivals in Asia, in 2008.She
graduated from Kazakh State University in Almaty, majoring in
journalism. She completed training courses at Gerasimov Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. She received additional vocational
education at the University of Phoenix in the United States. During 16
years she successfully worked in business structures. Gulnara is the
founder of deluxe merchandise network Fantsuzskiy Dom ("French House")
in Kazakhstan. She is also a founder of a popular newspaper Novaya
Volna ("New Wave") and the Revue magazine. The subject of her PhD
thesis is the aesthetics of youth television shows. In 2005 she
founded her own production company Eurasia Film Production. She was
awarded a French Bonaparte medal and a diploma of the President of the
Republic of Kazakhstan for the achievement in business.In 2008 Gulnara
Sarsenova has received the international Asian Film Maker of the Year
award at Pusan International Film Festival and the same year she was
nominated for Oscar award with her film "Mongol" directed by Sergey
Bodrov Sr. In 2005 and 2008 she was the organizer and general director
for Eurasia International Film Festival and in 2010 she was the
general director of the 2nd Kazakhstani-American Film Festival held in
Almaty."Don't despise a weak cub, it can appear the son of a tiger."
-Mongolian proverb
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