PIFF names Gulnara Sarsenova as Asian Filmmaker of the Year

Sarsenova, the first woman to win the award, is currently festival chairman of the International Eurasia Film Festival and also a producer whose credits include director Sergei Bodrov's Mongol, which was nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year; Bertrand Tavernier's In The Electric Mist, and Sergei Dvortsevoy's Cannes-awarded Tulpan.

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