85-year-old Lyabiba doesn’t remember her dad, who died in World War II. At that time, some Soviet soldiers’ widows were given “consolation” gingerbread for their kids. Lyabiba still remembers the joy of receiving it during starvation years. Lyabiba’s daughter and granddaughter decide to find a mass grave in Poland where Lyabiba’s dad was buried. Three generations go from Kazakhstan to Poland, not only to search for physical remains, but also to restore the lost connection between themselves. They confront post-colonial Soviet traumas and search for a sense of home and lost identity of Kazakhs.
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Gingerbread for her dad (Пряники для ее отца, моего прадеда, ее деда) [In-Person]
Directed By Alina Mustafina
Korea, Italy, Kazakhstan, Iran | Documentary | 76 min
International Premiere
Tickets
Tickets
Date and Time
Saturday, August 09 2025
10:30 AM to 11:56 AM
Venue
Regal Union Square - Auditorium 15
850 Broadway
New York, NY10003
Film Details
Russian, Kazakh, Polish
English
International Premiere
2024
76 minutes
Drama
Documentary
Korea, Italy, Kazakhstan, Iran
Alina Mustafina
Alina Mustafina is a Kazakh journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She holds filmmaking degrees from Kazakhstan, UAE, and Spain, and is an alumna of New York Film Academy (USA), Film Labs with Doha Film Institute (Qatar), and KAFA (South Korea), among others. Her short documentary, ANDER, received Best Documentary Film in Qatar at Ajyal Film Festival in 2020. GINGRBREAD FOR HER DAD received a post-production grant from Cinedoc Tbilisi and premiered at Busan International Film Festival and Torino Film Festival in 2024. It won Best Film Award at Iran International Film Festival.
Yerkezhan Maksut
Akzhol-Bi Sarsenbayev
Alina Mustafina
Lyabiba Sermukhamedova
Alina Mustafina
Alissa Mustafina
Cinematographer: Alexey Elagin
Editors: Valentina Bek and Aydan Serik