Zaur Shafiyev

While the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war rages on far away from Baku, Azerbaijan, Banu has four days to find someone to support her in court against her influential soon to be ex-husband, Javid. He is trying to get full custody of their son Ruslan by claiming that Banu suffers from psychiatric issues. Banu embarks on a journey to find someone to help her in a society in which everyone’s attention is preoccupied with the ongoing war.

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The main theme of the series is family values ​​- traditions passed down from generation to generation. These are the feelings that ensure the strength of the family, the joys and sorrows, prosperity, success, problems and difficulties that people experience within the family.

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Ursus is a story of three outcasts—Georgian unemployed film director, Ukrainian ex-stuntman and a Canadian female fighter for the wild animals' rights—making their desperate journey from Tbilisi, the capital of ex-Soviet Georgia plunged into a civil war, to Berlin at the beginning of 1992. Each of the three characters pursues their own goal without even knowing how much their fates are intertwined.

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A modern Azerbaijani woman’s life is non stop all day as she juggles traditional and secular roles, her life subsumed by service for others while rarely getting the respect she deserves. Throughout the film we see how things are changing in progressive Azerbaijan, and how some things don’t change; like her, it is a country at a crossroads of seeming contradictions. This is the story of "a" woman, elements of whom are universal.

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We all have old birthday cassettes at home. But most of the people there are no longer here.

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Today was Ibish’s birthday. Ibish invited his friends to the celebration, especially his close friend Tima. At first, the guests’ toasts and warm camaraderie seem heartfelt. After Tima abruptly leaves, his intoxicated friends begin speaking ill of his wife, and their chat quickly escalates into an argument. One drunk guest even airs circulating rumors about Tima at the table. Shocked by what he hears, Ibish can hardly believe his ears. Tonight, Ibish faces a tough decision, both dangerous and difficult.

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The wedding day planned by Lala's father is fast approaching. Emil realizes that time is against him and he must act urgently. At that moment, an opportunity arises: Lala's father is leaving town for a few days to prepare for the wedding. Emil asks her brother Zaur for help in saving Lala from this marriage. Zaur, however, is faced with a difficult choice - his father's will, family traditions and influence in society, or loyalty to his friend and protecting his sister from the same fate.

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The film anthology includes 10 short films: "Asia", "Meeting", "Artist", "Yard", "Bahram Gur", "Lottery Ticket", "Caspian Atlantis", "About love", "Aysel" and "Coincidence". Each screenplay in the project reflects different moments in the life of Baku. Short films bring to life relationships between people, their love and longing, happy and sad moments. The main hero uniting these people, relations and different moments of life is the city of Baku.

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Along with the dangerous adventures, the film also reflects the love of two young heroes. As in Romeo and Juliet, they are the children of two opposing sides.

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Kenan, who works at a car service station, loses his son. Kenan blames himself for his son's death. Kenan loves Aysel, the daughter of his neighbor Amina. They love each other. However, Amina does not want them to meet. Events lead to the fact that one day their love ends. Aysel gets a job at Elnur's holding. Kenan does not agree to Aysel working at the holding. Aysel continues to work to pay off Kenan's debts.

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Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.

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A girl named Lala, who witnessed the treacherous murder of her father as a child, decides to become a lawyer and take revenge. Lala falls in love with the man she thinks is her father's killer. Later, it turns out that the killer is not that man.

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Maryam, an immigrant living in the US returns to her small village in Azerbaijan after discovering that her father is alive and residing in a psychiatric facility. She tries to help recover his mind with her memories but the struggle against the disease turns into a fight with her own conscience.

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