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12 articles available in total starting from 06/02/2019. Last article published on 02/05/2025.

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Review: My Magical World

Review: My Magical World

Elvin Adigozel’s feature begins as a would-be story of triumphant success but unfolds as a domestic tragedy, portraying life in the bleak Azerbaijani countryside  

02/05 | goEast 2025

Review: Cold as Marble

Review: Cold as Marble

Two lovers and a convict father make the leap from comedy to tragedy in Asif Rustamov’s sophomore directorial effort  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Tahmina Rafaella • Director of Banu

Interview: Tahmina Rafaella • Director of Banu

“A complete storyline is something that we underestimate”

VENICE 2022: We chatted to the promising Azerbaijani director, whose debut feature follows a mother struggling to gain custody of her son in a patriarchal and sexist country  

06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Biennale College Cinema

Review: Sermon to the Fish

Review: Sermon to the Fish

A no-frills film boasting beauty and soul, Hilal Baydarov’s ninth feature ponders what remains after winning a war  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Rufat Hasanov • Head of the Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department, Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Interview: Rufat Hasanov • Head of the Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department, Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

“The establishment of the Cinema Agency truly marks the beginning of a new era for Azerbaijani cinema”

We chatted to the acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker, who also works at the country’s Ministry for Culture, about the founding of the Cinema Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan in late April  

09/05/2022 | /Azerbaijan

EXCLUSIVE: France’s MPM Premium boards Hilal Baydarov’s Crane Lantern

EXCLUSIVE: France’s MPM Premium boards Hilal Baydarov’s Crane Lantern

The Azeri director’s new feature follows a law student who seeks out a man imprisoned for kidnapping four women  

06/10/2021 | Production | Funding | Azerbaijan/Mexico/USA

Review: Bilesuvar

Review: Bilesuvar

Elvin Adigozel creates an atmospheric and existentialist film, painting through five stories the elliptical portrait of everyday life and of evanescent horizons in the heart of Azerbaijan  

27/11/2020 | Films | Reviews | France/Azerbaijan

Ru Hasanov • Director of The Island Within

Interview: Ru Hasanov • Director of The Island Within

"Making this film was a long and intimate process, it reflects my relations to my family and my country"

We have interviewed Azerbaijani director Ru Hasanov, who won the award for Best Director at Sarajevo's Feature Competition for his strangely specific The Island Within  

21/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Review: The Island Within

Review: The Island Within

Azerbaijani director Ru Hasanov's second film is a strangely specific story of a special protagonist who puts himself into extraordinary circumstances  

17/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Review: When the Persimmons Grew

Review: When the Persimmons Grew

The Azerbaijani-Austrian production, which won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film, is a meditative, poetic documentary and an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s mother  

26/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Documentary Competition

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