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National movie screened at Film by Sea Int’l Film Festival

19 September 2017 18:12 (UTC+04:00)
National movie screened at Film by Sea Int’l Film Festival

By Sara Israfilbayova

A movie by Azerbaijani filmmakers "Pomegranate Garden" was demonstrated at the Film by Sea International Film Festival.

The storyline of the movie is about an old man, who lives along with his grandson and daughter-in-law in the decrepit house amidst of the huge pomegranate garden. Sudden comeback of his wayward son has changed a gentle rhythm of their peaceful existence. Forgotten bitter memories have come back and even more, new challenges are in store for them.

The director of the film is Ilgar Najafov. Scriptwriters are Asif Rustamov, Ilgar Najafov and Roelof Jan Minneboo (The Netherlands).

Operator-director is Aykhan Salar (Germany), animation director is Rafig Nasirov, executive producer Akif Aliyev, producer Mushfig Hatamov,

The cast of film includes Qurban Ismayilov, Anar Hasanov, Samimi Farkhadov and Hasan Agayev.

The world premiere of the movie was held within the “East of the West” competition of the Czech Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

The film was submitted by Azerbaijan for the 90th Academy Awards Oscar in the category "Best foreign language film".

The Film Festival is the largest film festival in the Netherlands and the most prestigious such festival in Central and Eastern Europe.

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