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Nabat wins award in int'l film festival in Turkey

30 November 2015 [15:54] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Laman Sadigova

Azerbaijan’s popular film "Nabat" directed by Elchin Musaoglu has won an award in international Bosphorus Film Festival in Istanbul. Fatima Motamed Arya, the film’s star, has won "the best actress" nomination of the Festival.

Produced at Jafar Jabbarly Azerbaijanfilm studio, the film was shot in 2014 and is dedicated to Karabakh war, which erupted after Armenia's unjustified territorial claims against Azerbaijan. The story shows the sad fate of a village's residents who are forced to leave their homes because of the war. But there remains an old woman who refuses to leave her family members buried in the village.

Nabat and her husband Isgandar, a former forest guard, old and sick man, live in an isolated house far from the village. The war in the Nagorno-Karabakh has been going on for years, and they lost their son killed in the battle. Their only means of support is milk produced by only cow they have.

Premiered on September 5 at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, Nabat has been invited to many high-profile international movie festivals. The film's world distributor is Dreamlab Films.

International Bosphorus Film Festival showed and proved that it is an outstanding example for cinema and Turkey’s cultural and art activities with the sections from world cinema and special screenings, panels, workshops that were took place within the festival.

International Bosphorus Film Festival, held by Bosphorus Cinema Association is aimed to contribute to the development of motion pictures that have ethical, esthetical and technical integrity in the world. It also supports young producers and directors materially and morally in producing new movies.

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