The Twenty Six Comissars

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

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

Young Ruslan rows for a team coached by his father Ali, who places many demands upon his son and is continually dissatisfied by his performance. But when tragedy strikes, his father is overcome with emotions he doesn’t know how to deal with. Debut director Asif Rustamov treats the heavy topic with remarkable subtlety and discretion, em...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Asif Rustamov

Cast

Namig Aghayev, Mekhriban Zeki, Aleksandra Andreyevska

Madina is a young married woman who is mentally strong despite the problems she encounters.She has no children and her relationship with her husband is bad, although he loves her.She makes carpets which is a way for her to express her feelings. One day, she meets a man working in a circus. She gets to know him better and becomes transf...

Runtime

1h 5m

Director

Oktai Mir-Kasimov

Cast

Hamida Omarova, Mammad Mammadov, Omur Naghiyev

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Samad Mardanov

Cast

Alasgar Alakbarov, Rza Afganly, Mustafa Mardanov

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa