I'm Not a Terrorist
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{{Short description|2021 war film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = I'm Not a Terrorist
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| director = Muhammad Ali Iskandarov
| writer = Muhammad Ali Iskandarov
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Firdavs Abdukhalikov
- Muhammad Ali Iskandarov
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| starring = {{plainlist|
- Nurmuhammadxon Husniddinov
- Sadriddin Amriddinov
- David Bayramyan
- Sulim Selihanov
- Bekzod Tadjiev
- Ahmed Serken Er
- Otabek Mahkamov }}
| cinematography = Khusan Atabaev
| editing = {{plainlist|
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| music = Jasur Badalbaev
| production_companies = {{plainlist|
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| released = {{Film date|2021|05|22|}}
| runtime = 70 min.
| country = Uzbekistan
| language = Russian / Uzbek
| budget = $150,000
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I'm Not a Terrorist (rus. Я не террорист uzb. Men terrorchi emasman) is a 2021 Uzbek film about the war in Syria. Screenwriter and directed by Muhammad Ali Iskandarov.{{Cite web|last=UzDaily|title=National Cinema Week presented the film "I'm not a terrorist. The story of my death"|url=http://www.uzdaily.com/en/post/62971|access-date=2021-10-31|website=UzDaily.uz|language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=Создатели фильма "Я не террорист" рассказали о съемках|url=http://darakchi.uz/ru/111396|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Darakchi|language=ru|archive-date=2021-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023180643/http://darakchi.uz/ru/111396|url-status=dead}} The movie is based on real events. It recounts the fate of those who have joined terrorist groups ISIS.{{Cite web|title=Состоялась большая премьера фильма "Я не террорист"|url=http://uzbekkino.uz/sostoyalas-bolshaya-premera-filma-ya-ne-terrorist.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=uzbekkino.uz|archive-date=2021-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026203826/http://uzbekkino.uz/sostoyalas-bolshaya-premera-filma-ya-ne-terrorist.html|url-status=dead}} The film is a joint production of Uzbekistan Cinematography Agency and the film company Iskandariy visual with the support of State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Producer Firdavs Abdukhalikov.[https://www.uzdaily.uz/ru/post/58308 Неделя национального кинематографа презентовала фильм «Я не террорист. История моей смерти»][https://www.bbc.com/uzbek/uzbekistan-55646692 «Мен террорчи эмасман. Ўлимим тарихи» — Ўзбекистонда миллий кино санъати ҳафталиги, дунё, Мирзиёев, O‘zbekiston, Mirziyoyev, yangiliklar]
Plot
The main characters of the film are professional athletes Alikhan and Sadri participating in competitions ММА, and collectors work in their free time. When unpleasant details about their illegal activities emerge, they leave the country and flee to Turkey, prosecuted by law enforcement sp. At the same time, they illegally cross the Syrian-Turkish border and they end up in Syria, where they are met by compatriots and citizens from countries (CIS) that are part of the terrorist group ISIS.
At first sympathetic to extremist ideology, the protagonists soon become disillusioned with it and attempt to return to normal life - but there is no turning back. In the next bloody battle, they die, never being able to get out of the terrorist cell.{{Cite news|author=Айдар Ашимов|title=Узбекский фильм предупредил молодых зрителей о "предательском лице терроризма"|url=https://central.asia-news.com/ru/articles/cnmi_ca/features/2021/01/28/feature-01|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Каравансарай|language=ru}}
Cast
- Nurmuhammadxon Husniddinov as Alixan
- Sadriddin Amriddinov as Sadri
- Sulim Selihanov as Ramzan
- David Abramyan as Isa
- Bekzod Tadjiev as Abbos
- Ahmed Serken Er as Osmanbey
- Otabek Mahkamov as Malik
- San Jey as Makhmud
- Shakhrukh Rakhimov as Akhmad
Production
Filming began in May 2018 and took place in countries: Uzbekistan, Turkey.
"In fact, the filming was supposed to take place in other countries. However, due to the pandemic, we built a special pavilion in our country for filming and tried to reflect the life of the militants in it", said Iskandarov.{{Cite web|title=Создатели фильма "Я не террорист" рассказали о съемках|url=http://darakchi.uz/ru/111396|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Darakchi|language=ru|archive-date=2021-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023180643/http://darakchi.uz/ru/111396|url-status=dead}}
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the premiere date was postponed three times. The first film released in theaters after the restrictions due to the pandemic in Uzbekistan.
"The main purpose of our project is to convey to the audience, especially to young people, the monstrous essence of terrorism, its criminal acts against humanity... to show the greedy and treacherous face of terrorism, the groundlessness of the ideas of terrorism and the irreversibility of punishment for such actions," stated Iskandarov.{{Cite news|last=Ashimov|first=Aydar|title=Uzbek film warns youth about 'treacherous face of terrorism'|url=https://central.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_ca/features/2021/01/28/feature-01|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Caravanserai|language=en-GB}}
= Sound post-production =
Sound director Konstantin Filanov. Sound design Dmitry Timonin.
CineLab sound post-production complex. Dolby Digital 5.1
= Music =
The music for the film "I'm Not a Terrorist" was written Jasur Badalbayev.
Rental
The film was broadcast in the largest cinemas in Uzbekistan. It has also been shown on large screens in some foreign countries.[https://muzfm.tv/23681-men-terrorist-emasman-ja-ne-terrorist-muzfmtv.html Men terrorist emasman (Я не террорист)][https://www.freekino.net/movie/30-men-terrorchi-emasman "Men Terrorchi Emasman]
Quotes
A meeting with the director, actor and screenwriter was held in NA Uzbekkino Dzhanik Faiziev. At the beginning of the meeting, the film "I'm not a terrorist" was shown. Then Faiziev spoke about the successes and shortcomings of the film.{{Cite web|title=В|url=https://dunyo.news/ru/news/darakchi-v-uzbekkino-sostoyalas-vstrecha-s-dzhanikom-fayzievym-601b72f5663a0|access-date=2021-10-29|website=dunyo.news|language=ru|archive-date=2021-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020722/https://dunyo.news/ru/news/darakchi-v-uzbekkino-sostoyalas-vstrecha-s-dzhanikom-fayzievym-601b72f5663a0|url-status=dead}}
"Young director Muhammad Ali Iskandarov made an amazing film about the events taking place in Syria. This is an authentic drama that will bypass all film festivals." - said film director Rashid Malikov.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-07|title=Рашид Маликов: узбекское кино должно бороться за зрителя|url=https://nuz.uz/intervyu/1174214-rashid-malikov-uzbekskoe-kino-dolzhno-borotsya-za-zritelya-i-ne-sidet-na-shee-gosudarstva.html|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Новости Узбекистана сегодня: nuz.uz|language=ru-RU|archive-date=2021-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160511/https://nuz.uz/intervyu/1174214-rashid-malikov-uzbekskoe-kino-dolzhno-borotsya-za-zritelya-i-ne-sidet-na-shee-gosudarstva.html|url-status=dead}}
"In turn, I watched almost two dozen short meters of young directors of Uzbekistan as part of the week of national cinema in Tashkent. And, as a person who has long been engaged in film education, he noted common problems with most works: with all the diligence and enthusiasm of the authors, the lack of dramatic training and visibility, knowledge of the world film context is very noticeable. These are the things without which it is impossible to create modern competitive cinema. From the full-length cinema, I want to note the film 'I'm not a terrorist', which quite confidently presents modern cinema in Uzbekistan", said Felix Krivosheev, Member of the Guild of Producers of Russia, founder of the First Online Film School.{{Cite web|title=В декабре 2020 – январе 2021 член Гильдии продюсеров России, основатель Первой онлайн киношколы Феликс Кривошеев находился в Узбекистане, где принял участие в ряде форумов, посвященных кино.|url=http://kinoproducer.ru/press/news-guild/v-dekabre-2020--yanvare-2021-chlen-gildii-prodyuserov-rossii-osnovatel-pervoy-onlayn-kinoshkoly-feliks-krivosheev-nakhodilsya-v-uzbekistane|access-date=2021-10-27|website=kinoproducer.ru}}
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