Azeri movie shortlisted for Muslim film festival
"Mayak" ("The Beacon"), a movie by Azerbaijani filmmakers, has been shortlisted for the international festival of Muslim cinema.
The festival will be held in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, on September 5-11. All award-winning films and filmmakers will be announced publicly.
The event will be organized as an annual forum of Muslim cinematographers, a venue of regular meetings and an exchange of experience among filmmakers of Russia and the Muslim countries and the entire world. Not only Muslims but also filmmakers of other faiths creating films that popularize universal spiritual and cultural traditions may take part in the festival. The purpose of the festival is to objectively portray Islam and Muslims in Russia and the rest of the world. The high award of the festival is a statuette.
The film is based on conflicts between a military man and his son who is a drug addict.
The script was written by Esmira Eyub, while the producer is Fariz Ahmadov. Art director is Ibrahim Aminov, music was composed by Rauf Aliyev, film editor is Rovshan Vasifoglu, creative producer is Jamil Guliyev, and cameraman is Nizami Abbas.
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