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By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan's feature film “The Lesson” will be screened at Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad".

Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” is the biggest and high-status cinema event held annually in November, Trend Life reported.

The festival's main competitions focus on new films created in former socialistic countries, including CIS countries, Central and South-East Asia, Baltics, Eastern and Central Europe.

More than 200 screenings take place at 6 venues. Various workshops, retrospectives and exhibitions complement the programme. The best works from the region recognized by the most prestigious festivals in Europe are competing for the main award of the Festival.

"The Lesson" is a story about the life of Baku schoolchildren, friendship and responsibility for their actions.

Khalid becomes a target of ridicule for his classmates. No-one wants to become friends with him. He dreams of making friends with the most popular boy in the class. "If I have such a friend, I'll be respected and loved by everyone," the kid once told to his granddad.

In the end, the naive boy realizes that respect and recognition come only to those who have self-esteem and who value and remember their roots.

"The Lesson" was made at the order of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism by the Azerbaijanfilm studio named after Cafar Cabbarli.

The film was scripted by Elza Agayeva and Anastasiya Volkova, directed by Rafiq Aliyev and Cavid Tavakkul, produced by Musfig Hatamov and photography by Rauf Qurbanaliyev.

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