Sultan Usuvaliev
Film Critic, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz film scholar, candidate of art criticism, and associate professor at the Department of TV, Film and Media Arts at the American University of Central Asia. His research interests include the history of Kyrgyz cinema, contemporary film criticism, and documentary filmmaking. He regularly serves as a moderator and lecturer at film festivals and forums across Kyrgyzstan. In 2025, he co-edited a special issue of the British journal KinoKultura dedicated to New Kyrgyz Cinema (2018–2024), together with Gulbara Tolomushova.