Tursunaym Badyshova

Biography

Tursunaim Badyshova is “a daughter of the Kyrgyz mountains and the Kazakh steppe,” as she cheerfully describes herself. “Second Hands” is her first experience in filmmaking, which grew out of completing a student assignment on a course called “Media Production.” During the process, she became so captivated by the adventurous spirit of cinema that she ended up working on other authors’ projects as an assistant director.