Elmira Shabanova
1940 (85 лет)Fəryad
Jeyhun Mirzayev
Jeyhun Mirzayev, Hadji Ismailov
Shot during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, "Fəryad" is only one of its kind. Following the Khojaly Massacre, Ismayil, an officer tasked with collecting the bodies, crosses enemy lines to avenge the brutal murder of a local schoolgirl. There he gets captured by Armenians and waits for the day to be exchanged for an enemy POW.
The Scream
Məkanın Melodiyası
Huseyn Mehdiyev
Aladdin Abbasov, Ayan Mirgasimova
An old violinist thinks over his past life on the eve of the 80th birthday. His reflections result in looking for once composed but then forgotten melody. A chance meeting with dancer Rena takes him away to his lost love. He realizes that a person who has betrayed himself is doomed to tragic finale.
Melody of Space
40-cı Qapı
Elchin Musaoghlu
Hasan Safarov, Rovshan Aghayev
Fourteen-year-old Rustam lives with his mother in a village; his father was killed by the Russian mafia. After his father's death, Rustam tries to provide for himself and his mother without resorting to illegal money-making schemes. But his dream is to join a music band. The title of the film refers to an Azerbaijani fairy tale about saving a princess from a house with 40 doors; no one has succeeded in opening the last door, and thus its secret remains hidden. The villagers have named their village the 40th door as well.
The 40th Door
Sürəyya
Tofig Ismailov
Melahat Abbasova, Ulvi Mammadov
Молодая доярка Сурайя из далекого горного села разыскивает в городе своего жениха Сейфетдина. Она узнает, что тот давно женат, имеет сына, который живет у старого больного деда, поскольку Сейфетдин отбывает наказание за хулиганский поступок. Сурайя увозит мальчика в село, чтобы заботиться о нем, но тут появляется жена Сейфетдина...
Surayya
Əlvida, Cənub Şəhəri
Oleg Safaraliyev
Timur Badalbeyli, Mehriban Zaki
The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.
Good Bye, Southern City
İçəri Şəhər
Ilgar Safat
Tahmina Rafaella, Firdovsi Atakishiyev
"At some point," Rafael tells Arzu, "people walk together ... and then their ways part ... each destined to follow the labyrinth of their own inner city ..." Arzu, a young girl growing up in contemporary Azerbaijan, falls in love with Rafael, her piano teacher's son, a veteran of the Karabakh War. Twice her age and unable to escape from the ravages of war, Rafael is forced to live on the edge of a society that sees him as a 'cripple.' Arzu, desperate to escape from the same repressive society which confines women to a strict, narrow path, chooses Rafael over her family and friends - but threatened by Arzu's mother, and guided by the wisdom born out of his own brokenness, Rafael makes the supreme sacrifice of love ...
Inner City
Zirzəmi
David Imanov
Elina Ismailova, Farman Abdullayev
После долгих лет старания и терпения ей так и не удалось сохранить семью. Она с болью смотрела на то, как муж, архитектор по образованию, губит свою жизнь бездельем и тоской. Не выдержав скуки совместной жизни, она уходит из дома...
The Basement
