Darkhan Tulegenov is a filmmaker from Kazakhstan. While attending the Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, he made the short film Rays of Dawn (2015), which won awards at several international film festivals, including Best Short Fiction at the Eurasia International Film Festival. His feature debut, Brothers (2022), won the Sprit of Cinema Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, while his second feature, Zhaza (2024), received a Special Mention in the Black Raven Competition at the Brussels International Film Festival. The Cord is his fourth feature.
