During the WWII a group of children are trying to save Stradivarius violin from Nazis.
The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.
The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.
Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.
Biopic about general Hazi Aslanov, who died fighting Germans in WW2.
A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.
In Soviet Azerbaijan, a divorced Armenian couple fights over the custody of their daughter, Ashen. Stolen from one parent to another, Ashen's guardians are tragically killed in the bloody war surrounding them. Will the arrival of a new savior finally bring Ashen freedom? Official selection of the Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative.
The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.
The film is about fellows spending time on the shore and about some events.
It is the story of an old man - Gulam - and the cherry tree which grew in his garden. As the story opens, the village children consider Gulam their best friend. But as the war wears on, Gulam directs his kindness and affection to his cherry tree, shielding the tree from the children who are starving. In the process, Gulam becomes very aggressive and eventually is seen as the enemy of the children. The movie shows how war can destory even the most tender and gentle feelings, as well as the most basic moral values of being human.
After the story of the same name of Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.
The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes".
The film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was built by another state.
The film is about special sea expedition which put out to sea to deliver oil to Russia at the cost of their lifes.
At the end 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 group in spite of the objections of the commander of the forces, until...
The film is about events which has happened with the "Potyomkin" ship.