APSA: We Live Here

Set in and around a former Soviet nuclear test site in the Kazakh steppe, We Live Here offers a warning for humanity's future. Between 1949 and 1991, 456 nuclear tests left a legacy of radioactive contamination and suffering. As ecologists map uninhabitable areas, a nearby family struggles with the echoes of the past. Convinced their daughter’s illness stems from radiation, they seek proof while she feels torn between love for her homeland and the sense of looming danger it still holds. The steppe becomes a metaphor for our planet, on the brink of becoming a nuclear wasteland.

Nominated for Best Documentary in the 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Screening with an in-person Q&A with director Zhanana Kurmasheva and producer Banu Ramazanova.