Camila Sagyntkan

Directing

Born June 29, 1997 · Almaty, Kazakhstan

Camila Sagyntkan is a director and producer from Almaty, Kazakhstan. She holds a law degree, a background that sharpened her perspective on justice, responsibility, and human stories before she turned to filmmaking. She has been working in the film industry since 2018, with experience in more than a hundred projects as a 1AD, producer, and script supervisor. Her directorial and screenwriting debut, “Happy Independence Day”, received several awards and was screened at international festivals, including the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Courts d’un soir, the Go East Film Festival, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and others. In 2025, it was released online through Short of the Week. Camila is a resident of the BaseCamp ’25 at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, a participant of the CAPITÃO Artist Residency in Portugal, the Qyzqaras Critic Lab ’25 in Kazakhstan, and the Script LAB CA ’25 in Kyrgyzstan. She is currently promoting her second short film, “What Have You Done, Zarina?”; developing her third short film, “Brat Summer”; writing her feature-length film, “My Sea, My Waves”; and working on various other projects.