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Maxim Pozdorovkin

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“We’re all newcomers here. Where we come from there are no jobs, here there are,” says a young boy recently arrived in Astana to find work building Kazakhstan’s utopian capital city. The film begins as the city prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Zhan and Tilgen are building the city’s newest monument, a marble column topped by a 9-ton golden bird. Across the street is a towering glass and steel Pyramid where Asel and Alia guide visitors on a tour of Astana’s future. Like most in Astana, their lives are spent in service of the President’s vision of Astana as a city that will propel Kazakhstan onto the world stage.

As the anniversary nears, the global financial crisis hits, leaving the future of Kazakhstan’s dream city uncertain. “Without credit, there is no construction,” Tilgen says, looking down from his window onto another worksite that has been frozen indefinitely. Nearby, Asel turns down her boyfriend’s marriage proposal. “When I tell the girls back home that I’m dating a guy from Astana, they assume he’s rich.” /Capital/ is the story of a city caught between an official vision of the future and the reality of life on utopia's outskirts.
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Maxim Pozdorovkin is known for Our New President (2018), Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2016) and Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013).
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    Our New President (2018)
    Our New President
    6.0
    • Director
    • 2018
    Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2016)
    Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
    7.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
    Pussy Riot in Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
    Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
    7.0
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2013
    The Truth About Killer Robots (2018)
    The Truth About Killer Robots
    5.8
    • Director
    • 2018

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    • How to Rob Banks for Dummies
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    • The Conspiracy (2022)
      The Conspiracy
      4.9
      • Director
      • 2022
    • The Truth About Killer Robots (2018)
      The Truth About Killer Robots
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Our New President (2018)
      Our New President
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Our New President (2017)
      Our New President
      5.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2016)
      Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
      7.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Spécial investigation (2008)
      Spécial investigation
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • The Notorious Mr. Bout (2014)
      The Notorious Mr. Bout
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Pussy Riot in Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
      Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
      7.0
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2013
    • Capital (2010)
      Capital
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      • 2010

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    • How to Rob Banks for Dummies
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    • The Candidates (2019)
      The Candidates
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Our New President (2018)
      Our New President
      6.0
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Our New President (2017)
      Our New President
      5.2
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2016)
      Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
      7.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Bolchoï Babylone (2015)
      Bolchoï Babylone
      6.3
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • The Notorious Mr. Bout (2014)
      The Notorious Mr. Bout
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Pussy Riot in Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
      Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
      7.0
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2013
    • Capital (2010)
      Capital
      • producer
      • 2010

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    • Our New President (2018)
      Our New President
      6.0
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Our New President (2017)
      Our New President
      5.2
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • Capital (2010)
      Capital
      • Editor
      • 2010

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      [on 'Pussy Riot'] I really like hanging out with them They are always working and they are always on..They are professional revolutionaries. I never thought I would hear myself say those words in earnest, but I think they see revolution in a different, post-modern way. They are also very media savvy and aware of themselves right now of having this media bargain. They know it's a tricky thing: They want to use the media and their own visibility, but it's a question of how far do you go? And where do you draw the line? When are you selling out? I'm not the straight guy saying tone it down.

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