Garden Season

I Loved You More than Life

December 1985 •Azerbaijani

Biopic about general Hazi Aslanov, who died fighting Germans in WW2.

The Scoundrel

May 1988 •Azerbaijani

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

Tahmina

May 1993 •Azerbaijani

This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.

Another Life

February 1987 •Azerbaijani

Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.

Pomegranate Orchard

July 2017 •Azerbaijani

Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the film follows a prodigal son who returns after 12 years. His reappearance at the family home in rural Azerbaijan significantly alters their way of life.

The Devil under the Windshield

July 1988 •Azerbaijani

A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish

From Two Worlds as a Keepsake

January 2012 •English

In Soviet Azerbaijan, a divorced Armenian couple fights over the custody of their daughter, Ashen. Stolen from one parent to another, Ashen's guardians are tragically killed in the bloody war surrounding them. Will the arrival of a new savior finally bring Ashen freedom? Official selection of the Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative.

On Distant Shores

August 1958 •Azerbaijani

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

Beast

January 1994 •Azerbaijani

The movie tells about the tragedy of miserable people who turned to dogs. A group of people who desperately seeks for a job is abducted and forced to labor like slaves.

The Labour and Rose

December 1962 •Azerbaijani

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

Matteo Falcone

January 1960 •Azerbaijani

Matteo Falcone is an Azerbaijani short drama film based on Prosper Merimée's like-named story from 1829. Matteo Falcone is a successful Corsican, who lives with his wife Giuseppa and 10-year-old son Fortunato. One day he leaves home with Giuseppa, leaving Fortunato alone.

Two Boys from the Same District

February 1957 •Azerbaijani

My Seven Sons

September 1970 •Azerbaijani

This film was based on Samad Vurgun's "Komsomol poem". Seven sons, like seven samurai become the seven komsomols (communist leaders) who were sent to a village to establish Soviet power. Seven sons become the romanticized images of people's heroes ready to take revenge.

Shared Bread

October 1969 •Azerbaijani

While there is famine during WW2, a boy with mom far away, tries to stay strong.

The Peasants

December 1939 •Azerbaijani

You Can't Take an Island with You

September 1980 •Azerbaijani

A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.

If I Die, Forgive Me

October 1989 •Azerbaijani

A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married.

The Great Support

December 1962 •Azerbaijani

After the novellette of the same name of M.Ibrahimov. The film is about a man who trusted his subordinates.

Stepmother

December 1958 •Azerbaijani

The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child.

Bakhtiyar

December 1955 •Azerbaijani

The film is about oilman who had beautiful voice. He didn't attach great importance to his friends is advice to get special music reward. But he changed his attitude to art under the influence of his friends.