Crickets, it's your turn

A film that has already triumphed at major international festivals - from Locarno to São Paulo, Goa, Helsinki, and Glasgow - will for the first time be presented to Kazakhstani audiences at the BAIQONYR Festival!

«Crickets, it's your turn» is not a tale of revenge but a painful diagnosis of a society where violence has become systemic and goes unpunished.

This tense psychological thriller immerses viewers in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a party that gradually transforms into a micro-model of a society built on the laws of social Darwinism. The protagonist, Merei, a 25-year-old photographer who values beauty, creation, and personal freedom, suddenly finds herself confronted with a world where only strength, power, and the ability to dominate others matter. The film deliberately rejects the conventional narrative of retribution. Instead of comfort, the audience is confronted with unsettling questions about complicity, systemic impotence, and the price of silence.

«Crickets, it's your turn» is provocative cinema - a film that begins an honest conversation on screen and then passes the baton to the viewer.