The Eurasia international film festival will run for the next week and hopes to foster collaborations between central Asian film-makers and the rest of the world.
The Hollywood star was pictured in Kazakhstan, where he is reportedly attending the 13th Eurasia international film festival, and Twitter went into meltdown.
One minute you are donning traditional dress at a film festival, the next a meme mocking your expression has quickly spread across the internet.
Many expressed mock-concern for Cage’s rabbit-in-the-headlights expression captured on Sunday, and questioned whether he was fully complicit in his visit to the central Asian country not renowned for its film production.