ROLE: Producer, Screenwriter, Production Manager, and Lead Editor/VFX Editor

“Jamgyrdan Kiin” (2019) or in English, “After The Rain” is a feature length narrative film of a family’s unconditional love for their bride kidnapped daughter. The film explores the complex tapestry of Kyrgyz culture both bright and dark, seen through the lens of a family. The film celebrates the strength and beauty of the love the father has for his daughter, showing that love is always greater than any form of shame. The film was premiered in the theaters of Kyrgyzstan, fall 2019, and has been massively praised nationwide for the sheer power, message, and emotion the film delivered. The film is now published as one of the top 5 must see films of Kyrgyz cinema history.

The film was written and produced by Eugenia Chung, based on a collection of true stories told by her students, when she was a volunteer teaching English in Kyrgyzstan. The entire funding of this film was done through crowdsourcing and donations, in hopes that this story will be used to bring and end to bride kidnapping, domestic violence etc., and bring dignity and a voice to the countless voiceless women whose lives this film is based upon.

After having countless students come to her in tears, sharing their heartbreaking stories, and sitting down many hours crying with them as she felt helpless for them, Eugenia was slowly compelled to do something. But the only thing she could think of was to write a story of hope. A story that would be like a letter to her students of how despite all the trauma, injustice, and shame they have been through, they are still loved and deserves dignity.

“A revolution in Kyrgyz Cinema.”

“Simply a breathtaking masterpiece.”