Uzaq sahillərdə

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.

Əmək və qızılgül

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

Axırıncı aşırım

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.

Երկու Աշխարհից ի Հիշատակ

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.

Bir cənub şəhərində

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.

Yeddi oğul istərəm

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.

Bakıda küləklər əsir

Şərikli Çörək

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

Qatır Məmməd

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

Дочь Гиляна

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

Первая комсомольская

Ağ Atlı Oğlan

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...

Огни Баку

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.

Gilas Ağacı

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.

Otel Otağı

The film chronicles the ordeals faced by Azerbaijan’s intellectuals - from the Red Terror to the present day - depicting how, amid shifting social and political upheavals, they endure physical and moral persecution. It also explores human betrayal and the ways people adapt their identities to survive changing circumstances.

Işarəni Dənizdən Gözləyin

The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.

Dənizə Çıxmaq Qorxuludur

The film is about special sea expedition which put out to sea to deliver oil to Russia at the cost of their lifes.

Bəxtiyar

The short film is about the heroism of Azeri soldier.

Fətəli Xan

Одна семья

The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.