The Girl is an Akim

Watch Äkim Äyel (2023) online on iFILM — a Kazakh comedy directed by Ernat Baiyuzak. Village akim elections hit a dead end: the incumbent faces zero competition. His solution is to register the local cleaning woman as a candidate. Nobody will vote for the cleaner.

He is wrong. The whole village, long tired of the same old face, picks her name instead. The cleaner becomes the akim — head of the village. A small, sharp comedy about how spite can accidentally produce something useful, and what happens to a community when the least expected person ends up in charge. Stream Äkim Äyel (2023) online on iFILM.