Buta is an ornament on the carpets, fabrics, frescoes… It had been know from time immemorial. It has polysemantic symbolic. It is interpreted as a bud, the Sun, a drop of water, a tonque flame and many other things. But mainly it symbolizes life
Genre: Feature Film
Duration: 1 hours 38 minutes
The film tells how a thief stole a bag containing a prayer rug. The story takes place in a mysterious eastern town where a magical force exists. This force follows the thief and leads him to the gates of a mosque. The hero has to perform a spiritual journey of initiation.
Genre: Short | Free Films
Duration: 22 minutes
The film is about an increased attention to youth during the reign of President Heydar Aliyev.
Genre: Documentary | Free Films
Duration: 30 minutes
For two hundred years, the mountains of Azerbaijan have been inhabited by Molokans, “Old Believers”, a Christian sect whose members were exiled from Russia during the reign of Catherine II. The Old Believers live apart in separate communities, and their patriarchal way of life has remained almost unchanged for two hundred years. Molokans are a devout and hardworking people who have retained the traditions of pre-Petrine Russia, and this film is about their amazing community.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 hours 1 minute
The story is set in Baku. A famous Azeri photographer has to choose between accepting a valuable job offer in Africa or marrying his fiancée. The photographer decides to accept the job offer. During the ensuing quarrel, the photographer and his fiancée have a car accident. They later find themselves in a police precinct, where the photographer has to come to terms with his dread of women or he will not leave the precinct alive.
Genre: Feature Film
Duration: 1 hours 57 minutes
The cooking of Azerbaijan meals is shown in this film.
Genre: Documentary | Free Films
Duration: 33 minutes
In a remote Azerbaijani village the virginity of bride on the wedding night has more bearing to the whole village and relatives than it has to the Bride and Groom. So much so, a long-lasting tradition proposes the release of two bullets into the air if the bride loses h ...
This story is about a little girl who wanted, for an instance, to become a grown-up. However, being a grown-up turns out not to be as magic as she thought.
Karabakh horses are one of the last purebred horse breeds in the world. The student Pauli, inspired by stories about the “golden horse” from Azerbaijan, sets off on a long and fascinating journey all the way across Europe to encounter the Karabakh horse. On her way, she ...
The Architect’s destiny is the most singular one. How often he applies all his talent and passion to create environments from which to exclude himself! “9x9” tells the journey of a shadow, our architect, from his home to his office: a sunny bike trip becomes a journey i ...
11 minutes
A musical concert set against the backdrop of some of the Absheron peninsula's most scenic urban and rural areas.
1 hours 2 minutes
A documentary about Adlia Namazova, Azerbaijan's first female paediatrician and a member of the USSR's Academy of Sciences.
14 minutes
The story of J.Jabbarly The drama's about the young teacher working in a distant village fighting against survival of the past.
This film is a critique of stagnation in society, and the modern era's contribution to moral and social decline.
50 minutes
This film talks about Azerbaijan's unique collection of ancient monuments, built over different periods of time.
8 minutes
The plot of this good-natured musical comedy is centred on a bachelor called Asker, who wants to see and choose his bride before marriage. His quest for a wife, however, is difficult because at the time, based on traditions, women were kept at home and when allowed out ...
1 hours 25 minutes
The story of an artisan who resists and persists in his work in spite of globalization, corporations, and the economic crisis that characterizes modern society.
21 minutes
The story of three young boys and their adventures involving school, girls, and their parents.
1 hours 5 minutes
A documentary about the relationship between Germany and Azerbaijan, and how it has changed and developed over time.
48 minutes
The story of Babak Khorramdin, a Persian freedom fighter from the 9th century who struggled against the Abbasid Caliphate.
2 hours 10 minutes
An oilman with a gift for singing ignores his talents and his friends' encouragement to pursue a music career. However, can an eye-opening experience help him change his attitude and finally follow his dream?
1 hours 39 minutes
The story of the Azerbaijani oil industry and its heroic workers.
1 hours 28 minutes
A film about Azerbaijani football and its greats over the years, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of football in Azerbaijan.
46 minutes
A cartoon about a brave warrior and his battle against the evil Cyclops.
18 minutes
A teenage boy struggles against his abusive stepfather after his parents divorce.
29 minutes
This lyrical psychological film is about true friendship. The characters in the film are contemporaries in late 1970s Azerbaijan SSR with differing visions of the world, yet share true and lasting friendship.
After the novel of the same name of M.Husseyn. The novel's about oil-men's work and about dramatic events during the working time.
After the novel of the same name of Jamshid Amirov. The film is about criminals situation in Baku 1940 -1950 years.
Narrates about the unsuccessful destiny of a woman, previously living in graceless youth.
A cartoon aeroplane attempts to find a way to fit in and contribute at the local airport.
9 minutes
After the story of the same name of R.Ibrahimbeyov. Narrates about relations that have arisen between the young man that arrived from the village in Baku on affairs and different people with whom he collided.
Buta is an ornament on the carpets, fabrics, frescoes… It had been know from time immemorial. It has polysemantic symbolic. It is interpreted as a bud, the Sun, a drop of water, a tonque flame and many other things. But mainly it symbolizes life
1 hours 38 minutes
The film is about a boy who got under bad influence after losing his family and then faced tragic events.
The traditions and rituals, kept for centuries, of the Qala village, declared a Historical Preserve by the Azerbaijani government.
28 minutes
This short film shows the preparation for, and playing of, a game of Chovkan, a variant of polo which is the national sport of Azerbaijan.
11 minutes
Lovers meet in an old art-house cinema and bind themselves to one another, hungry for movies and love. An old couple of lovers deal with the life that slowly fades away and two young persons in love break up, ready to get back to life. The images projected on the scree ...
11 minutes
A chef shows you how to cook some favourite traditional Azerbaijani dishes.
33 minutes
The history of Shusha, a disputed town in the Azerbaijan-Armenia border region, currently under occupation by Armenien troops.
26 minutes
The legend of the Dada Gorgud, an ancient collection of tales central to the Turkic peoples.
2 hours 5 minutes
A film about the life and work of an actor, based on a book of the same name by Anar Razyev.
1 hours 19 minutes
A mongrel mutt attempts to prove himself alongside thoroughbreds in a dog show.
10 minutes
A film about breaking down the barriers between normal society and sufferers of schizophrenia.
46 minutes
Once-firm families disintegrate as the Soviet Union collapses in the background.
1 hours 44 minutes
World War 2 pilot Huseynbala Aliyev became a hero in the skies over Leningrad. Co-produced with the Lennauchfilm and Salname film studios.
1 hours 30 minutes
The film's about relations between two generations and about idols of the youth.
This movie has two parallel narratives - one modern, and one set in the middle ages. The fortress is symbolic, having survived through countless wars and assaults over the centuries.
1 hours 19 minutes
A documentary about the 223rd Belgrade Division's heroism and valour as they fought from the Caucasus to Western Europe over the course of World War 2.
34 minutes
This film portrays the destiny of refugees who have been expelled by Armenian aggressors from their historical native land.
A cartoon highlighting the kindness, selflessness and love in a child's soul.
9 minutes
Madina's husband became a martyr in Garabakh. Highly sought-after by other men, she cannot get over the memory of her husband in this bittersweet tale of love and grief.
1 hours 37 minutes
The story of a thief who steals a prayer rug and ends up undergoing a spiritual journey of initiation in an Eastern mosque.
22 minutes
A figurative tale of the conflict between two blind men.
19 minutes
Based on the book of the same name by M. Ibrahimov, this is the tale of a man who trusted his subordinates.
1 hours 29 minutes
This film shows what happens when neighbours living in the border areas become enemies over the course of a night. Karim, an Azerbaijanian, is taken hostage by Armenians; in retaliation, the inhabitants of his village capture a man called Gurban Ismaylov, who is given t ...
1 hours 36 minutes
The adventures of a snail who carries his home around on his back.
11 minutes
An unemployed man faces a desparate course of action to make ends meet in this discussion on modern life and traditional, emotional and financial values.
32 minutes
A documentary about Sakina Aliyeva, the former deputy of the Nachivian Autonomous Republic.
20 minutes
The painter Mikhail Romadin worked with Andrey Tarkovsky on “Solaris”, and collaborated with Andrei Konchalovsky on “The First Teacher” and “The Story of Asya Klyachina”. Romadin started drawing at the age of three, and his paintings are now in collections around the wo ...
1 hours 26 minutes
The story is based on the old-theme of a beautiful young woman (Gulnaz) who falls in love with a young man (Sarvar) but is obliged to marry someone else. Gulnaz's father, Rustam bay, is bankrupt. He decides that the only way to pay off his creditors is to get money by m ...
It rose up from his (Rustam Ibrahimbeyov's) pages and moved over to the screen with all the wildness of Southern colours: its numerous people, with their work and every day problems, conflicts deep and light and absurd - mostly caused by rigid, stifling, ingrained preju ...
1 hours 26 minutes
The film's about a public prosecutor who fought against the criminals but was killed by them.
The film is a story of two antagonists - swindler Jahangir and timid toy seller Arif. A series of random events bring these two men together in an abandoned attic of the house. An audience can see a drama of two lost souls.
1 hours 57 minutes
After the story of the same name of Husseyn Abbaszadeh. The film's about special sea expedition which put out to sea to deliver oil to Russia at the cost of their lives..
The film which has been taken off in a genre grotesque touches an interesting and serious problem, when work and friendship approaches people irrespective of their way of life.
This film is about the life of Kazim Garabekir Pasha, remembered fondly by the Turkish World for his sociopolitical activism.
41 minutes
The film's about cinematographist who wanted to shoot a film about wedding during real wedding in the village.
A documentary about the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Kars treaty.
32 minutes
An apocalyptic story where an author finds himself thrust into playing the part of the hero of his own book, stuck in the fictional world he created.
1 hours 21 minutes
A dramatic retelling of the early years of the Soviet Union.
1 hours 17 minutes
A documentary about those who damaged the Azerbaijani state with corruption and other felonious deeds.
29 minutes
A 30-year old playboy actor feels that, despite having three mistresses on the go, his life is no longer completely within his control, andthat these women bring out his true personality.
28 minutes
This film is about famous composer Khayyam Mirzezade’s life.
1 hours 3 minutes
Magician Yo Kyo leads some kids on a time-travelling adventure with his magic gown.
1 hours 15 minutes
Meeting the retired president of the circus, Shafiqa Bakhshaliyeva.
18 minutes
The film's about an oilman who took lost worker's please and won respect of another oilmen, were also based on this same ideology, depicting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and who continued working in oil, generation after generation. It was the ...
Musical, lyrical comedy. The film's about a young village man and about his loves.
A mix of documentary footage, interviews and dramatic retellings of the March Days, a massacre of Azerbaijani Muslims in March and April 1918 by the Bolsheviks and Armenians.
42 minutes
A mix of documentary footage, interviews and dramatic retellings of the March Days, a massacre of Azerbaijani Muslims in March and April 1918 by the Bolsheviks and Armenians.
37 minutes
A mix of documentary footage, interviews and dramatic retellings of the March Days, a massacre of Azerbaijani Muslims in March and April 1918 by the Bolsheviks and Armenians.
48 minutes
A documentary remembering Mehemmed Mammadov, or "Medo", an Azerbaijani anti-fascist fighter who fought in the Netherlands in World War 2.
23 minutes
This film talks about outstanding sculptor Omar Eldarov’s life and creative activities.
35 minutes
A family musical comedy, based on the work of the same name by M Shamkhalov.
1 hours 16 minutes
This film draws parallels between the Khojaly massacre and similar atrocities in Rwanda, Madrid and New York.
11 minutes
A film about the Gara Garayev International Modern Music Festival in Baku
14 minutes
The film's dedicated to Muslim Magomayev's life and creative work.
Secondary School #23 in Baku gave a start in life to many thousands of Azerbaijani children since it was founded in the 1920s. Some of its alumni gather here in this film to celebrate the work it has achieved.
31 minutes
A film about family life, particularly for men, in 1970s Azerbaijan.
The 125th anniversary of the Nakchivan State Theatre is marked with a journey through the theatre's history and its notable performances.
23 minutes
A look at the National Library of Azerbaijan, named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
19 minutes
A look at the long-term damage to the environment caused by war.
14 minutes
A collection of archive materials and interviews about Black January, a violent crackdown by Soviet forces on dissidents in Baku in January 1992.
15 minutes
This film is about the Azerbaijani people’s Novruz Holiday preparations and national traditions.
8 minutes
Two former lovers, Murad and Tamara, meet again after 25 years. Murad turns the meeting into a “game”, but in finally turns out to be fatal for him.
The film is about teacher’s family: they sold almost everything and went their way to Turkey to live there and at the same time to visit their close relatives…
It describes the heroic deeds of Mehdi Huseynzadeh who was wounded near Stalingrad and taken prisoner by the Germans. He later escaped and joined the partisan effort, using his knowledge of the German language to disguise himself as a German officer and carry out resist ...
For two hundred years, the mountains of Azerbaijan have been inhabited by Molokans, “Old Believers”, a Christian sect whose members were exiled from Russia during the reign of Catherine II. The Old Believers live apart in separate communities, and their patriarchal way ...
1 hours 1 minute
After the story of the same name of S. Gadirzadeh "Autumnal leaves". The film's about old man and old woman, and about their sudden meeting.
The story of a young soldier, blinded in the Karabakh war, and his subsequent recovery.
22 minutes
After the story of same name of I.Afandiyev. The film's about two young loving people.
The adventures of a 160-year-old man.
1 hours 14 minutes
A girl goes missing during the war, and returns home years later.
1 hours 24 minutes
This film shows the war from the perspective of the generations of people who were physically unable to go to battle. Jabish is a teacher. His eyesight is weak and prevents him from going to war. Nevertheless, he tries his best to assist the war effort. One day, he disc ...
1 hours 13 minutes
A look at the Caspian Sea, its place in Azerbaijan's history, and the wonders lurking beneath the surface.
40 minutes
A film about the cultural heritage of Azerbaijan.
45 minutes
In a mountain village people worship a sanctuary called “Peri Gala” situated on a mountain-top. Abu – a village bumpkin – commits a crime, and in doing so disrupts the quiet life of the village. Now, according to tradition, Peri Gala will decide his fate.
30 minutes
The film talks about outstanding sculptor Tokay Mammadov’s life and creative activities.
27 minutes
A look at the religious beliefs and traditions of the Azerbaijani people.
12 minutes
This film follows the dream of ‘Samad’ whilst heis living in a refugee camp. In his dream, Samad goes back to the events and tragedies of the war. The director skillfully examines the background of Samad’s dream and investigates the reasons for losing the war. Follow ...
1 hours 11 minutes
Gobustan is one of the cradles of mankind. Petroglyphs of Gobustan are approximately 20000 years old. All epochs have left their marks on these stones: from sacral signs of prehistoric tribes to inscriptions of Roman legionaries and people of Soviet period. Tarlan has g ...
50 minutes
Cheerful and a good driver, young Mustafa wants to marry beautiful Zumrud. But he does not like his father.
1 hours 7 minutes
A film about the Upland-Karabakh war, and reflections of various people on how they feel they belong to their homeland.
24 minutes
Film tells about conflicts between neighbours and about a celebration of love.
Documentary about Udegeys shamanism in Russia's Far East. Incorporating petroglyph art, documentary footage and interviews, this film tells the story of the 2000-strong population from which the culture originates.
The film's about famous Azerbaijan dramatist's life and creation works (M.F.Akhundov).
Set in the late 19th century, this film tells the story of poor folk hero Gachag Nabi's struggle against nobility, the government and traders.
1 hours 22 minutes
Karabakh horses are one of the last purebred horse breeds in the world. The student Pauli, inspired by stories about the “golden horse” from Azerbaijan, sets off on a long and fascinating journey all the way across Europe to encounter the Karabakh horse. On her way, she ...
Two young people are on holiday, attempting to put an end to poaching.
1 hours 5 minutes
“Seven Beauties” describes the adventures of Bahram Gur, a prince destined to become the ruler of the world.
1 hours 10 minutes
The plot of film is taken from a life of archeologists; in adventure film the basic conflict turn around of discoveries.
This film tells the story of children who weren't even able to find a morsel of bread to eat during the war. Vagif is 12 years old. His father is at war and his mother, on a business trip. The youth has lost his ration card, but doesn't want the other boys living in the ...
1 hours 7 minutes
This fascinating documentary follows the life of İsa Muganli (Huseynov). His incredible life story will leave you inspired.
19 minutes
The film is about the love of a teenage girl to a man her father aged.
23 minutes
Melek, a young girl from the very liberal Mediterranean city of Smyrna(Izmir), is sent to a rainy and religious town called Of, for her first mission as a judge. She goes there with her mother, both women full of prejudices for this ill-famed town, home to terrifying ma ...
1 hours 30 minutes
Psychiatrist Orudzh Zejnalov faces problems, which in the end become the reasons of his death.
The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the m ...
The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child.
1 hours 21 minutes
The film talks about rough luck of the violinist, who sacrifices her own happiness for the health of her disabled father.
1 hours 25 minutes
The film tells how important to win respect, to have principles, the belief.
2 hours 9 minutes
The romantic relationship of the main characters Zaur and Tahmina starts off with passionate affair and leads to many problems in a conservative society. Zaur (Fakhraddin Manafov), who is the son of a prominent and well-to-do professor (Professor Zeynally) falls in love ...
1 hours 46 minutes
The film is based on the novel by Ismail Shikhli. The picture tells the story of the formation in the early twentieth century in Azerbaijan, a new class of intelligent and freethinking people
1 hours 31 minutes
After the story of the same name of S. Gadirzadeh "Autumnal leaves".
1 hours 14 minutes
At the of the Garabagh war, a young Azeri man, who has Been witness to the martyrdom of many people and the dispatch Of his friends and relatives to the war front, mounts a white horse and without informing his family sets out for the front, He joins the relief work gro ...
1 hours 44 minutes
The film's about the yard boys getting a little older and thinking about their independent lifes.
About adventures of two friends - schoolboys dreaming to find treasures...
After the story of the same name of Elchin. The film's about the driver's family.
1 hours 17 minutes
Gatemkhan's guest - French scientific Jordan wanted to take Gatemkhan's nephew with him to Paris for studies, but boy's ignorant relatives prevented him.
1 hours 6 minutes
The film is about the replacement of four generation of family.
After the novel “The operation of “Side” of the same name of Jamshid Amirov. The film is about foreign secret service’s operation and it’s revelation by security organs.
The film tells about the story when people forget about the kindness and attention in relation to each other and lost faith in life.
26 minutes
After the play of the same name of Anar. The film's about mother who tries to keep the peace of mind and happiness in her family.
The film is about frontier-guards who avert the diversion in hydroelectric power station, which was built by another state.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the most prolific directors and writers of genre films Antonio Margherita made a documentary film about his film career. Better known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, director loved and respected by p ...
58 minutes
A young boy through a period of transition. His last baby tooth, which symbolizes this period, is sore. He is scared of pulling it out, of saying goodbye to his dead mother and to his childhood. No one understands him, be is deprived from material physical affection. He ...
The story is set in Baku. A famous Azeri photographer has to choose between accepting a valuable job offer in Africa or marrying his fiancée. The photographer decides to accept the job offer. During the ensuing quarrel, the photographer and his fiancée have a car accide ...
1 hours 57 minutes
After the story of the same name of N.Rasulzadeh.
25 minutes
After the piece of V. Samadoghlu. Social-comedy.
1 hours 49 minutes
In a remote Azerbaijani village the virginity of bride on the wedding night has more bearing to the whole village and relatives than it has to the Bride and Groom. So much so, a long-lasting tradition proposes the release of two bullets into the air if the bride loses h ...
The film - legend for children. The film is about children fighting against Black Powers and about their winning victory.
1 hours 20 minutes
The film's about the soldier coming back from war...
1 hours 21 minutes
The film's about the fascists who wanted to seize Baku's oil during the World War II. And, of course, Hitler had his eye on Baku, obsessed with the idea of capturing the vast oil supply to sustain his own war effort.In fact, he hald designated September 25, 1942, as the ...
1 hours 24 minutes
At the top of Monte Rosa, under insuperable clouds, two groups of specialists found a mummy. But no one has determined if the place opening was on Italian or Swiss ground yet ...
This story is about a little girl who wanted, for an instance, to become a grown-up. However, being a grown-up turns out not to be as magic as she thought.
Azeri famous artists such as: Bul-Bul, R. Behbudov, G. Almaszadeh, A. Bunyadzadeh, L. Vakilova, R. Akhundova, M. Mammadov, S. Aslanova, A. Aliyev, and etc. talked about their creative thoughts in this musical-documentary film.
Akhmet and Nuri,two men living in the same district, participate in the struggle for the national independence of their country. Although their people support the struggle, the enemy chases the two men. They get arresed.Nuri gives in and betrays the ideas be was fi ...
1 hours 9 minutes
The film is about of village life. After the same name operetta musical comedy.
1 hours 14 minutes
The historical film about great Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hajybayov's life.
The historical film about great Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hajybayov's life.
After the story of the same name of H. Avshalumov. The film is about two young people who wanted to marry.
It is talked about destroys of monuments in Garabakh by armenians.
26 minutes
The film talks about progress of Azerbaijan political and economical development during war conditions in Azerbaijan.
28 minutes
After the novelette of the same name of M.Ibrahimbayov. Tahir is twelwe. His parents are seperating and he is troubled by incident which impels his guestion the nature of relations between men and women.
1 hours 12 minutes
Youth and old traditions, this movie is about the desire for youth to build their own lives.
1 hours 28 minutes
The film is about an increased attention to youth during the reign of President Heydar Aliyev.
30 minutes
The film’s about conflict between the detachment commander and a local doctor, whom the villagers call a wizard.
1 hours 37 minutes
The film's about the gardener who cultivated magic apples which brought luck to people.
1 hours 23 minutes
It is about the tragic love of the 'Bride in Yellow', a symbol of love, death and fate.
1 hours 23 minutes
Action of film occurs in the remote mountain settlement. Here is narrated about becoming and formation of thinking teenagers in conditions of pressure from adults.
A cartoon about a brave warrior and his battle against the evil Cyclops.
18 minutes
A cartoon aeroplane attempts to find a way to fit in and contribute at the local airport.
9 minutes
A mongrel mutt attempts to prove himself alongside thoroughbreds in a dog show.
10 minutes
A cartoon highlighting the kindness, selflessness and love in a child's soul.
9 minutes
The adventures of a snail who carries his home around on his back.
11 minutes
The story of an artisan who resists and persists in his work in spite of globalization, corporations, and the economic crisis that characterizes modern society.
21 minutes
After the novel of the same name of Jamshid Amirov. The film is about criminals situation in Baku 1940 -1950 years.
Lovers meet in an old art-house cinema and bind themselves to one another, hungry for movies and love. An old couple of lovers deal with the life that slowly fades away and two youn ...
11 minutes
A 30-year old playboy actor feels that, despite having three mistresses on the go, his life is no longer completely within his control, andthat these women bring out his true person ...
28 minutes
Melek, a young girl from the very liberal Mediterranean city of Smyrna(Izmir), is sent to a rainy and religious town called Of, for her first mission as a judge. She goes there with ...
1 hours 30 minutes
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the most prolific directors and writers of genre films Antonio Margherita made a documentary film about his film care ...
58 minutes
At the top of Monte Rosa, under insuperable clouds, two groups of specialists found a mummy. But no one has determined if the place opening was on Italian or Swiss ground yet ...
The Architect’s destiny is the most singular one. How often he applies all his talent and passion to create environments from which to exclude himself! “9x9” tells the journey of a ...
11 minutes
The story of an artisan who resists and persists in his work in spite of globalization, corporations, and the economic crisis that characterizes modern society.
21 minutes
A teenage boy struggles against his abusive stepfather after his parents divorce.
29 minutes
The story of a thief who steals a prayer rug and ends up undergoing a spiritual journey of initiation in an Eastern mosque.
22 minutes
A figurative tale of the conflict between two blind men.
19 minutes
An unemployed man faces a desparate course of action to make ends meet in this discussion on modern life and traditional, emotional and financial values.
32 minutes
After the story of the same name of Husseyn Abbaszadeh. The film's about special sea expedition which put out to sea to deliver oil to Russia at the cost of their lives..
The film which has been taken off in a genre grotesque touches an interesting and serious problem, when work and friendship approaches people irrespective of their way of life.
A 30-year old playboy actor feels that, despite having three mistresses on the go, his life is no longer completely within his control, andthat these women bring out his true person ...
28 minutes
Two former lovers, Murad and Tamara, meet again after 25 years. Murad turns the meeting into a “game”, but in finally turns out to be fatal for him.
After the story of the same name of S. Gadirzadeh "Autumnal leaves". The film's about old man and old woman, and about their sudden meeting.
The story of a young soldier, blinded in the Karabakh war, and his subsequent recovery.
22 minutes
In a mountain village people worship a sanctuary called “Peri Gala” situated on a mountain-top. Abu – a village bumpkin – commits a crime, and in doing so disrupts the quiet life of ...
30 minutes
A film about the Upland-Karabakh war, and reflections of various people on how they feel they belong to their homeland.
24 minutes
The film is about the love of a teenage girl to a man her father aged.
23 minutes
In a remote Azerbaijani village the virginity of bride on the wedding night has more bearing to the whole village and relatives than it has to the Bride and Groom. So much so, a lon ...
This story is about a little girl who wanted, for an instance, to become a grown-up. However, being a grown-up turns out not to be as magic as she thought.
After the story of the same name of H. Avshalumov. The film is about two young people who wanted to marry.
A documentary about Adlia Namazova, Azerbaijan's first female paediatrician and a member of the USSR's Academy of Sciences.
14 minutes
This film talks about Azerbaijan's unique collection of ancient monuments, built over different periods of time.
8 minutes
A documentary about the relationship between Germany and Azerbaijan, and how it has changed and developed over time.
48 minutes
A film about Azerbaijani football and its greats over the years, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of football in Azerbaijan.
46 minutes
The traditions and rituals, kept for centuries, of the Qala village, declared a Historical Preserve by the Azerbaijani government.
28 minutes
This short film shows the preparation for, and playing of, a game of Chovkan, a variant of polo which is the national sport of Azerbaijan.
11 minutes
A chef shows you how to cook some favourite traditional Azerbaijani dishes.
33 minutes
The history of Shusha, a disputed town in the Azerbaijan-Armenia border region, currently under occupation by Armenien troops.
26 minutes
World War 2 pilot Huseynbala Aliyev became a hero in the skies over Leningrad. Co-produced with the Lennauchfilm and Salname film studios.
1 hours 30 minutes
A documentary about the 223rd Belgrade Division's heroism and valour as they fought from the Caucasus to Western Europe over the course of World War 2.
34 minutes
A documentary about Sakina Aliyeva, the former deputy of the Nachivian Autonomous Republic.
20 minutes
The painter Mikhail Romadin worked with Andrey Tarkovsky on “Solaris”, and collaborated with Andrei Konchalovsky on “The First Teacher” and “The Story of Asya Klyachina”. Romadin st ...
1 hours 26 minutes
This film is about the life of Kazim Garabekir Pasha, remembered fondly by the Turkish World for his sociopolitical activism.
41 minutes
A documentary about the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Kars treaty.
32 minutes
A documentary about those who damaged the Azerbaijani state with corruption and other felonious deeds.
29 minutes
This film is about famous composer Khayyam Mirzezade’s life.
1 hours 3 minutes
Meeting the retired president of the circus, Shafiqa Bakhshaliyeva.
18 minutes
A mix of documentary footage, interviews and dramatic retellings of the March Days, a massacre of Azerbaijani Muslims in March and April 1918 by the Bolsheviks and Armenians.
42 minutes
A mix of documentary footage, interviews and dramatic retellings of the March Days, a massacre of Azerbaijani Muslims in March and April 1918 by the Bolsheviks and Armenians.
37 minutes
A mix of documentary footage, interviews and dramatic retellings of the March Days, a massacre of Azerbaijani Muslims in March and April 1918 by the Bolsheviks and Armenians.
48 minutes
A documentary remembering Mehemmed Mammadov, or "Medo", an Azerbaijani anti-fascist fighter who fought in the Netherlands in World War 2.
23 minutes
This film talks about outstanding sculptor Omar Eldarov’s life and creative activities.
35 minutes
This film draws parallels between the Khojaly massacre and similar atrocities in Rwanda, Madrid and New York.
11 minutes
A film about the Gara Garayev International Modern Music Festival in Baku
14 minutes
Secondary School #23 in Baku gave a start in life to many thousands of Azerbaijani children since it was founded in the 1920s. Some of its alumni gather here in this film to celebra ...
31 minutes
The 125th anniversary of the Nakchivan State Theatre is marked with a journey through the theatre's history and its notable performances.
23 minutes
A look at the National Library of Azerbaijan, named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
19 minutes
A look at the long-term damage to the environment caused by war.
14 minutes
A collection of archive materials and interviews about Black January, a violent crackdown by Soviet forces on dissidents in Baku in January 1992.
15 minutes
This film is about the Azerbaijani people’s Novruz Holiday preparations and national traditions.
8 minutes
For two hundred years, the mountains of Azerbaijan have been inhabited by Molokans, “Old Believers”, a Christian sect whose members were exiled from Russia during the reign of Cathe ...
1 hours 1 minute
A look at the Caspian Sea, its place in Azerbaijan's history, and the wonders lurking beneath the surface.
40 minutes
A film about the cultural heritage of Azerbaijan.
45 minutes
The film talks about outstanding sculptor Tokay Mammadov’s life and creative activities.
27 minutes
A look at the religious beliefs and traditions of the Azerbaijani people.
12 minutes
Gobustan is one of the cradles of mankind. Petroglyphs of Gobustan are approximately 20000 years old. All epochs have left their marks on these stones: from sacral signs of prehisto ...
50 minutes
Documentary about Udegeys shamanism in Russia's Far East. Incorporating petroglyph art, documentary footage and interviews, this film tells the story of the 2000-strong population f ...
Karabakh horses are one of the last purebred horse breeds in the world. The student Pauli, inspired by stories about the “golden horse” from Azerbaijan, sets off on a long and fasci ...
This fascinating documentary follows the life of İsa Muganli (Huseynov). His incredible life story will leave you inspired.
19 minutes
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the most prolific directors and writers of genre films Antonio Margherita made a documentary film about his film care ...
58 minutes
It is talked about destroys of monuments in Garabakh by armenians.
26 minutes
The film talks about progress of Azerbaijan political and economical development during war conditions in Azerbaijan.
28 minutes
The film is about an increased attention to youth during the reign of President Heydar Aliyev.
30 minutes
A musical concert set against the backdrop of some of the Absheron peninsula's most scenic urban and rural areas.
1 hours 2 minutes
The story of J.Jabbarly The drama's about the young teacher working in a distant village fighting against survival of the past.
This film is a critique of stagnation in society, and the modern era's contribution to moral and social decline.
50 minutes
The plot of this good-natured musical comedy is centred on a bachelor called Asker, who wants to see and choose his bride before marriage. His quest for a wife, however, is difficul ...
1 hours 25 minutes
The story of three young boys and their adventures involving school, girls, and their parents.
1 hours 5 minutes
The story of Babak Khorramdin, a Persian freedom fighter from the 9th century who struggled against the Abbasid Caliphate.
2 hours 10 minutes
An oilman with a gift for singing ignores his talents and his friends' encouragement to pursue a music career. However, can an eye-opening experience help him change his attitude an ...
1 hours 39 minutes
The story of the Azerbaijani oil industry and its heroic workers.
1 hours 28 minutes
A teenage boy struggles against his abusive stepfather after his parents divorce.
29 minutes
This lyrical psychological film is about true friendship. The characters in the film are contemporaries in late 1970s Azerbaijan SSR with differing visions of the world, yet share t ...
After the novel of the same name of M.Husseyn. The novel's about oil-men's work and about dramatic events during the working time.
Narrates about the unsuccessful destiny of a woman, previously living in graceless youth.
After the story of the same name of R.Ibrahimbeyov. Narrates about relations that have arisen between the young man that arrived from the village in Baku on affairs and different pe ...
Buta is an ornament on the carpets, fabrics, frescoes… It had been know from time immemorial. It has polysemantic symbolic. It is interpreted as a bud, the Sun, a drop of water, a t ...
1 hours 38 minutes
The film is about a boy who got under bad influence after losing his family and then faced tragic events.
The legend of the Dada Gorgud, an ancient collection of tales central to the Turkic peoples.
2 hours 5 minutes
A film about the life and work of an actor, based on a book of the same name by Anar Razyev.
1 hours 19 minutes
A film about breaking down the barriers between normal society and sufferers of schizophrenia.
46 minutes
Once-firm families disintegrate as the Soviet Union collapses in the background.
1 hours 44 minutes
The film's about relations between two generations and about idols of the youth.
This movie has two parallel narratives - one modern, and one set in the middle ages. The fortress is symbolic, having survived through countless wars and assaults over the centuries.
1 hours 19 minutes
This film portrays the destiny of refugees who have been expelled by Armenian aggressors from their historical native land.
Madina's husband became a martyr in Garabakh. Highly sought-after by other men, she cannot get over the memory of her husband in this bittersweet tale of love and grief.
1 hours 37 minutes
A figurative tale of the conflict between two blind men.
19 minutes
Based on the book of the same name by M. Ibrahimov, this is the tale of a man who trusted his subordinates.
1 hours 29 minutes
This film shows what happens when neighbours living in the border areas become enemies over the course of a night. Karim, an Azerbaijanian, is taken hostage by Armenians; in retalia ...
1 hours 36 minutes
An unemployed man faces a desparate course of action to make ends meet in this discussion on modern life and traditional, emotional and financial values.
32 minutes
The story is based on the old-theme of a beautiful young woman (Gulnaz) who falls in love with a young man (Sarvar) but is obliged to marry someone else. Gulnaz's father, Rustam bay ...
It rose up from his (Rustam Ibrahimbeyov's) pages and moved over to the screen with all the wildness of Southern colours: its numerous people, with their work and every day problems ...
1 hours 26 minutes
The film's about a public prosecutor who fought against the criminals but was killed by them.
The film is a story of two antagonists - swindler Jahangir and timid toy seller Arif. A series of random events bring these two men together in an abandoned attic of the house. An a ...
1 hours 57 minutes
The film's about cinematographist who wanted to shoot a film about wedding during real wedding in the village.
An apocalyptic story where an author finds himself thrust into playing the part of the hero of his own book, stuck in the fictional world he created.
1 hours 21 minutes
A dramatic retelling of the early years of the Soviet Union.
