Credits
| Director | Amanbek Azhymat |
| Scriptwriter | Amanbek Azhymat |
| Producer | Asel Zhuraeva |
| Cinematographer / DP | Bekzat Turatbek uulu |
| Art director | Erlan Omurbekov |
| Composer | Alymbek Tursunbaev |
| Editor | Amanbek Azhymat |
| Editor | Zhanysh Dadabaev |
| Sound Designer | Alymbek Tursunbaev |
cast
| Bolot Tileberdiev | |
| Kural Chokoev | |
| Erbol Ruslanov | |
| Eldiyar Jarashev | |
| Adyl Bolorbek | |
| Nazira Jetigenova |
Amanbek Azhymat
DirectorBiography
Amanbek Azhymat was born in 1990 in Kyrgyzstan. He has created several short auteur films, which have been screened at international film festivals and received multiple awards. “Backstage Madness” is his debut feature-length film.
Filmography
2014 — PE Teacher, Gold and the River / 28 minutes / doc 2016 — In Spring My Dreams Will Come True / 30 minutes / doc 2021 — Üköy / 20 minutes 2022 — Warrior / 20 minutes 2025 — Backstage Madness / 80 minutes
Directors Statement
Creating a film is like painting on a canvas that constantly shifts beneath your hands. Inspiration alone is not enough — financial realities pull the brush in unexpected directions. I have often faced clients who demand scripts or changes, only to turn and change their minds again. Each alteration erodes the original vision, leaving the director balancing between art and compromise. It is exhausting, maddening, and yet undeniably real — the chaotic heartbeat behind every film.
