The Winds blow in Baku(1974)

The Return of the Violin(az)

During the WWII a group of children are trying to save Stradivarius violin from Nazis.

You Can't Take an Island with You(az)

A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.

From Two Worlds as a Keepsake(en)

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.

Garib in the Land of Jinn(az)

The Last Mountain Pass(az)

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.

On Distant Shores(az)

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 Labour and Rose(az)

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

I Loved You More than Life(az)

Biopic about general Hazi Aslanov, who died fighting Germans in WW2.

The Peasants(az)

In a Southern Town(az)

Murad, a young man, lives by the old ethical norms that are still valid in the suburbs of his city. He had promised Tofig, his childhood friend, to give him his sister as a wife, but Tofig is in love with another girl. He forgets the promise and takes the girl home. Murad is offended. According to the code of honor, he must take revenge. One of the first films ever produced in the Soviet Union to challenge the sociopolitical establishment.

Two Boys from the Same District(az)

The Twenty Six Comissars(az)

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.

The Fires of Baku(ru)

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.

Shared Bread(az)

While there is famine during WW2, a boy with mom far away, tries to stay strong.

My Seven Sons(az)

This film was based on Samad Vurgun's "Komsomol poem". Seven sons, like seven samurai become the seven komsomols (communist leaders) who were sent to a village to establish Soviet power. Seven sons become the romanticized images of people's heroes ready to take revenge.

Our Teacher Jabish(az)

Events are happening in WW2. Jabish is a teacher at primary school. His complaining wife drives him mad about not bribing. Then she makes him to cook a soap for making the money. Also other processes are shown in the course of the war.

The Shadows are Crawling(az)

The Avenger of Ganjabasar(az)

The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.

An Ice in a Warm Sea(az)

Gilan's Daughter(ru)

This drama is about Gilan's downfall in 1920th under onslaught of Iran's shah & English army.