Lost in Karastan is a 2014 black comedy film directed by Ben Hopkins.

[2] Lost in Karastan[3] is a gentle black comedy about a confused British director, Emil, who is hired to direct a production in the Caucasus region.

The country, Autonomous Republic of Karastan, is led by an eccentric corrupt but benign dictator.

[11] At Filmfest Hamburg,[12] the film won the 'Hamburg Producers Awards'[13] for the best 'European Cinema Co-production' and 'German-European Cinematic Production',[14] presented to Daniel Zuta and Vladimer Katcharava.

Ben Hopkins was nominated for the 'Grand Prix des Amériques' award at the Montréal World Film Festival[15] in 2014.