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Steppe Man movie to be shown in Chicago [PHOTO]

18 October 2017 19:34 (UTC+04:00)
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO]

By Laman Ismayilova

"The Steppe Man", a movie by Azerbaijani filmmaker Shamil Aliyevis is nominated in two categories at the Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival to be held on November 12.

The movie will compete for the award in the categories "Best feature film" (Antonioni award) and "Best director" (Tarkovsky award), Trend Life reported.

"The Steppe Man" is about a young steppe man who lives in remoteness from the city, closely tied to nature. His father teaches him the subtleties of life in the steppe. Soon after his father's death the young man meets a girl from a city. Their meeting becomes a new page in his life, a step to a big life unfamiliar to him before.

The movie has already attended nearly 30 international film festivals and forums and received a number of awards.

"The Steppe Man" awarded "For Fairytale Reality" at DIDOR International Film Festival -2012, "For creative research" at International Telekinoforuma "Together" -2013, Uluslararası Van Gölü Film Festivalı -2014, Rainbow Film Festival - 2014, "Platinum Awards" at International Movie Awards -2014, Noida International Film Festival-2015, "Golden World Awards" at World Film Awards 2015 in Indonesia, etc.

It was also included in the list of candidates of the American Cinema Academy OSCAR-2014 in the nomination "Best film in a foreign language".

Creative work for the movie was done by script writer Vidadi Hasanov, director of photography Rafig Guliyev, production designers Rafig Nasirov and Ibrahim Khalil Aminov, composer Rauf Aliyev, and producers Mushvig Hatamov and Azer Guliyev.

The cast includes Bahruz Vagifoglu, Vidadi Hasanov, Javidan Mammadov, Salome Demuria, Vusal Mehraliyev and others.

Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest links the most creative artists together with very intelligent audiences for its annual festival of narrative, musical and documentary films, shorts, animations, experimental films, and student work.

The festival was named after the Michelangelo Antonioni's iconic film "Blow-Up" (1966).

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
Steppe Man movie to be shown in  Chicago [PHOTO] - Gallery Image
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