The Bay of Happiness

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.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Vagif Mustafayev

Cast

Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Mamuka Kikaleyshvili, Hasanagha Turabov

War breaks out in the Caucasus. 75-year-old Maria loses her son in the war. She and her daughter-in-law Sofia have been living in the Caucasus for 12 years. When famine strikes, they want to move to Russia. The women decide that they must go to Moscow. Maria takes her little dog and Sofia her small suitcase, gets on the train and sets ...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Farid Gumbatov

Cast

Ada Rohovtseva, Lyubov Tolkalina, Andrey Chernyshov

In a Azerbaijan, in the beginning of this century, the first films made in the history of cinema are shown.The characters meet each other in a room. Three characters who will witness the linking up of their destinies through their common love for this new captivating art.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Ayaz Salayev, Rufat Asadov

Cast

Mariya Lipkina, Rasim Balayev, Tolib Hamidov

The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Elchin Guliyev

Cast

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Vidadi Aliyev, Fatemeh Motamed Arya

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...

Runtime

1h 30m

Cast

Armine Anda