Azerbaijani film "Nabat" to be screened in Turkey
By Amina Nazarli
Azerbaijani feature film “Nabat” by director Elchin Musaoglu will be demonstrated at the 34th international Cinema Festival in Istanbul, Turkey.
This year's festival will run until April 19 and is set to feature more than 200 films by 222 directors from 62 countries.
A total of 49 films will be competing in the event.
Produced at Jafar Jabbarly Azerbaijanfilm studio, the film was shot
in 2014. . It is dedicated to Karabakh war, which resulted after
Armenia's unjustified territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
The story revolves around a village`s residents who are forced
to leave their homes because of the war. But an old woman refuses
to leave her family members buried in the village.
Nabat and her husband Isgandar, a former forest guard who has grown
old and sick, live in an isolated house far from the village. The
war in the Nagorno Karabakh has been going on for years, and their
son was killed in a battle. Their only means of support is the milk
produced by their only cow.
The full-length feature film was awarded with many other prizes in
many influential festivals. It was screened at 71st Venice
International Film Festival in Italy. The film was also presented
in the 27th International Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan. Earlier
this month, the film was screened at the 50th Chicago International
film festival. The film`s world distributor is Dreamlab Films.
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