Volker Schlöndorff calls for release of Ulzhan co-screenwriter Atabayev

Bolat Atabayev

German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff has called for the release of the Kazakh director and author Bolat Atabayev who was taken into custody in Almaty on Friday (June 15) for allegedly inciting social discord.

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