Meşhur Kimden Azerbaijan

Short Animation

One of the two friends commits a murder and asks his friend for help. His friend helps him and together they go on a long and tense journey to bury the body

In a world ruled by crows and discrimination, a young girl decides to fight for justice.

Sharaf Khanum (Elmira Shabanova) is not accepted by her three daughters-in-law in the film about the problem of a daughter-in-law.

The director sets out to find a hero for his film. He asks the people he meets along the way if they are heroes. The film reflects the portrait of the Azerbaijani people.

The movie is about nature preservation and how human and animal habitats could co-exist together. In this area where the movie is filmed, people have free access to give a visit and be in touch with animals. The interviewer explains the importance of the preservation of animal species and nature. Baku is a very busy and noisy city. Sometimes people want to escape the chaos of the city, but unfortunately, there are not very well-designed parks or other places where people can be easily in contact with nature. The filmed site is one of the examples where people could visit and be in touch with nature. Although Baku does not have the best nature scene, other regions of Azerbaijan are covered with beautiful nature and green areas.

This film will be based on the events that took place in Baku in 2017. The police started a mass arrest of LGBT+ people without any reason. The same people were kept for about 2 weeks in terrible conditions, tortured and beaten. One of these police officers comes to the bar. Starts drinking and having fun. After liters of alcohol, he comes to the dance floor and starts dancing. Against this background, we hear the voices of people who survived this terrible event. Suddenly, in the midst of the dance, the cop begins to have glitches in his mind. What is happening around begins to remind him of the things that he did.

The film is based on interviews with inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh made in 2007, in a time between two wars. As in their earlier works shown in Forum Expanded, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri work with different layers of time: In the past they edited and presented their films live. Here they use the temporal distance to re-evaluate old footage. Harking back to Straub/Huillet's and Pier Paolo Pasolini's engagement with Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions they experiment with the possible effects of his music.

An elderly man working at a guest house with his friends. His daughter will comes to visit him after about 25 years of living in Germany. The old man and his friends are planning to this meeting...

After losing his son in the Karabakh war, Elchin returns to his homeland after the victory and begins repairing the fence of his house so he will not have to see his Armenian neighbor. However, the disappearance of his enemy’s blind son changes Elchin’s plans.

The film is based on the motifs of one fairy tale from Nizami Gəncəvi's poem 'Yeddi Gözəl'.

A story about a naughty rabbit

The film tells the story of a foolish and mischievous donkey that constantly angers and provokes everyone it encounters. However, when it finds itself in danger and the wolf fed up with its antics gets furious and wants to eat the donkey, the offended sheep, goats, and hedgehog rise to its defense.

Through Azerbaijani folk heroes, the film address society's current problems.

The film depicts the brutality of a terrible war through the memory of a person who endured unimaginable torments in concentration camps. It says hhumans are created for beauty and happiness, while war brings people only suffering and calamity.

In an ancient legend, it tells of a cloud-girl who comes to the aid of people by bringing life back to the cracked and parched earth caused by drought.

The film tells a humorous story about what happens to forest animals when a mirror falls into their hands.

The film is built around the idea that showing care and attention to the living nature around us is a sacred duty for everyone. It also emphasizes the great power of friendship.