Cannes 2024 Video Interview with Kazakh Film Critic Oraz Kereibayev
by Alex Billington
May 27, 2024
Source: YouTube
Meet Oraz! Last year while on the film festival circuit, I met a young film critic named Oraz Kereibayev. We quickly became friends, hanging out at the Venice and Berlin Film Festivals. Oraz is from Kazakhstan, a big country in Central Asia located just below Russia and above Uzbekistan & China. Most know Kazakhstan from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat movies, though of course that’s a very deplorable caricature of the country and the people from there. I’m a big fan of Oraz and luckily to call him my friend, and overjoyed that he has become a part of the international film critic community covering film festivals all year long. He decided to make the trek to the 2024 Cannes Film Festival – his first time ever attending this prestigious cinema event. Before the fest ended, I met up with Oraz and interviewed him to talk about who he is, the films he loves, and his experiences at Cannes. I’ve been going to Cannes for 14 years already, and I also love showing newcomers the ropes and listening to them chat about what it’s like to be at this fest. Watch the video below.
This video was made in person at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on Day 10 on my iPhone. It’s only 16 mins.
Thanks to Oraz for taking the time to do this. You can follow Oraz on social media – mainly on Instagram @orazkereybaev. The main outlet he writes for in Kazakhstan is called 98 Mag – you can visit their official site or also follow them @98_magazine. Drop the pages into Google Translate or Yandex Translate to read them in English. Oraz is also now known for famously asking “Emily Stone” a question at the Cannes 2024 press conference for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness – here are some of the places that wrote about him: People Magazine, HuffPost, MSN. (And here’s where she talks about her real name being Emily.) Oraz is expected to return to the 2024 Venice Film Festival this fall and continue writing about & covering cinema around the world. I’m glad to have the chance to feature him in this Cannes 2024 coverage and shine some light on him. If all of the next generation of films lovers are this passionate and this cool, then we can rest assured that everything is in good hands. It’s always so nice to meet & talk with film lovers at film festivals.
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