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- In rural Azerbaijan, a mother welcomes her adult son, who left home eight years earlier. In the calm rhythm of rural life, reflective silences punctuate their personal, philosophical conversations.
- A talented but poor minstrel is forced to wander throughout the world because of impossibility to be with his true love - a rich merchant's daughter.
- Adil continues his journey in cinema. There are two lines about Adil's life. One of them is modern day, which Adil try to save pregnant Leyla's child from abortion, and another one is about past of Adil.
- Akif's parents, Ahmet and Elnara, who grew up illiterate and without any profession, without love, took Akif out of school and were busy looking for a job for him. A poor family living in a poor house turn to Akif's drug addict uncle Azer, who is engaged in car repair, to provide him with a job. Moreover, Elnara's brother, Mansur, who works as a laborer, took refuge in this poor family so that he would be free from additional expenses. In the background of all this poverty and chaos, a murder occurs at home. The murdered person is hidden and is being searched for by both relatives and the police as a missing person.
- Thus, Raftar and Qahraman meet years later, and it turns out that both of our heroes have problems, and both need urgent work.
- Hasan (33), who works as a sales manager in a construction company, and his wife Farida (30) have not been able to have children for a long time. After a doctor's examination, Hasan learns that he is infertile. But Hasan, who is afraid of harming his masculinity, hides this information from his wife. At the insistence of Hasan's mother, who thinks that the problem is in Sevda, they go to a midwife who lives in a village for treatment.
- Hozu is coming from a remote village to work with his cousin in Baku.
- When a father is unexpectedly released from prison after serving ten years for killing his wife, his son wants to find out why he did it.
- Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman (Gulnaz) who falls in love with a young man (Sarvar) but is obliged to marry someone else. Gulnaz' father, Rustam bey, is bankrupt. He decides that the only way to pay off his creditors is to get money by marrying off Gulnaz to the rich, old, widowed bazaar merchant, Mashadi Ibad. But Sarvar contrives a way to foil the plan by disguising himself as the bride hidden under the thick Muslim veil. When Mashadi Ibad lifts the veil to see his bride's face, he discovers Sarvar who holds him at gun point and makes him write a statement that he really wants to marry the maid, not Gulnaz. This is where the work gets its title, "If Not This One, Then That One." The strategy works and Sarvar succeeds in marrying Gulnaz.
- Ramin must buy a house to get the permission of his girlfriend's father. After some troubles he manages to buy one only to find out that the house already have two other owners.
- Young Askar wants to get married. He is a rich, successful businessman and has everything he could wish for expert for one thing - a wife. Tradition does not allow him to choose his own bride. But Askar has a modern mentality and wants to choose his bride himself.
- "Breath," is a psychological drama that tells the true story of Bakhtiyar, a war prisoner who was held captive from 1994-1996. Upon returning to his village after 28 years of enemy occupation, Bakhtiyar struggles to adjust to life outside of captivity and grapples with the trauma he experienced during his time as a prisoner. As Bakhdiyar struggles to come to terms with the trauma of his past and adjust to life outside of captivity, he turns to nature as a means of processing his emotions. He shares his story with the rain, the snow, the trees, and the stones, finding solace and a sense of connection in the natural world. Despite the joyous occasion of the village's liberation, Bakhtiyar cannot seem to shake off the deep scars that the experience has left on his psyche. He finds it difficult to connect with those around him and to adjust to a normal life. Through Bakhtiyar's story, "Breath" highlights the devastating impact of war and prolonged captivity on the human psyche. The film underscores the fact that the effects of trauma can last a lifetime, even after physical freedom has been regained. The film reminds us that the path to recovery and healing is often a long and difficult one, and that it is important to offer support and understanding to those who have suffered the traumas of war and captivity. Through Bakhdiyar's story, "Breath" sheds light on the harrowing experiences of prisoners of war and the far-reaching effects of war on individuals and communities. The film is a poignant reminder that the wounds of war can persist long after the fighting has ended and emphasizes the importance of supporting individuals affected by such trauma.
- Maryam, an immigrant living in the US returns to her small village in Azerbaijan after discovering that her father is alive and residing in a psychiatric facility. She tries to help recover his mind with her memories but the struggle against the disease turns into a fight with her own conscience.
- The film centers around Novkhani, a coastal village where government officials are conspiring with the local mafia to seize the land of its residents. When the villagers resist, Khan's father is tragically shot on the orders of the corrupt officials. Using satirical language, the film sheds light on various societal problems in the country. As a means of fighting back, the villagers devise a plan to pretend to be the Italian mafia. In this black humor film, the villagers use their newfound "mafia" status to intimidate the corrupt officials and protect their land. Through their clever ruse, the villagers expose the flaws in the system and ultimately emerge victorious. Towards the end of the film, the villagers' successful plan to pose as the Italian mafia is revealed to be nothing more than a dream that Khan had while he was asleep. As Khan wakes up from his dream, he finds himself in a courtroom, where he is being tried for his involvement in a real-life dispute over coastal land ownership.
- An incredible timeless love story between Yarmet and Yargunat. A story about a girl who waited 40 years for her beloved from the war, believing that he was alive, and waited for his return. But alas, their paths parted again and they could not be together.
- Schoolmates who loved each other, but didn't say it meet again years later.
- An elderly couple confront the ravages of war in their poverty-stricken village.
- "Red Garden" tells the story of Abbas - biology teacher, his wife Vafa - piano teacher and Orkhan - orphan, after his granny's death. Vafa wants to adopt Orkhan but Abbas is against of this idea. He wants a son from his own blood.
- 1945. The women do the work in a remote village while the men are fighting the Nazis. A small group of deserters is hiding in the mountains and little Bahtiyar acts as the liaison between the men and the village.
- Gabil returns home to the humble family farmstead, surrounded by an orchard of venerable pomegranate trees; since his sudden departure twelve years ago he was never once in contact. However, the deep emotional scars he left behind cannot be erased from one day to the next.
- The film based on Agil Abbas's novel about Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- When Yusif comes back home after World War II, he finds his beloved married to another; father robbed; mother living alone; friend suffering from mental illness. Can he turn things around?
- Imadaddin Nasimi, well-known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society.
- Davud and Sura are under siege. They wait for the Hunter. Hunter is omnipresent.
- Zaur and Tahmina are deeply in love. But Zaur's mother is not thinking highly about Tahmina. Further incidents affect him.
- In a tiny Azerbaijani fishing village young Sarah's father disappears at sea. Misfortunes abound until the superstitious inhabitants demand a funeral. Rebellious Sarah undertakes one last, and deadly, attempt to find her father.
- The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.
- While there is famine during WW2, a boy with mom far away, tries to stay strong.
- The story follows a soldier who returns from war and finds everyone in his village has rotted away due to a mysterious illness. The only survivor, his sister, is also slowly rotting, with only a dog to keep her company.
- 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
- "Buta" is the story of a lonely 7-year old boy (named Buta), who lives in a mountain village with his grandmother. He is befriended by an old man, a liquid soap merchant who once loved (and lost) Buta's grandmother. The old man's friendship and wise advice helps Buta to overcome his difficulties in life. Buta's grandmother, in the meantime, is weaving a special carpet in memory of Buta's mother. The carpet features a special pattern (also called "Buta"), which represents love. The boy is inspired by his grandmother's work, and decides to make his own "buta" made of rocks and stones, high on the top of the mountain...
- 'In Between Dying' is the love story of Davud, a young man trying to find his "real" family, who completes his life cycle in a single day. When he does find Love, it's in the place he has always lived. But it is too late.
- Two exorcists are hired to get a goblin out of young girl's body. When they start to work, things begin to get worse for them.
- It speaks about time when Azerbaijan was invaded by Russian Bolsheviks in the 1920s and how local landlord resists to obey to new Soviet authorities despite they threats to kill him and his siblings
- A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself.
- Samid encounters challenges but finds an unexpected ally in 16-year-old Ayaz, a film enthusiast who experiments with animation on his smartphone and is eager to learn from Samid.
- "At some point," Rafael tells Arzu, "people walk together ... and then their ways part ... each destined to follow the labyrinth of their own inner city ..." Arzu, a young girl growing up in contemporary Azerbaijan, falls in love with Rafael, her piano teacher's son, a veteran of the Karabakh War. Twice her age and unable to escape from the ravages of war, Rafael is forced to live on the edge of a society that sees him as a 'cripple.' Arzu, desperate to escape from the same repressive society which confines women to a strict, narrow path, chooses Rafael over her family and friends - but threatened by Arzu's mother, and guided by the wisdom born out of his own brokenness, Rafael makes the supreme sacrifice of love ...
- It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martyr-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 9th century.
- The lyrical-psychological drama is about the lives and work of the people of one of the smaller southern cities. It is still in the minds of the people that the remnants of the past are rooted out, and how the great difficulty of man's moral freedom comes to the fore.
- The investigator Seifi Ganiev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds.Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof.Ganiev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.
- The film based loosely on the Nagorno-Karabakh War and Khojaly Genocide. The movie also includes scenes from Khojaly Genocide documentary by Chingiz Mustafayev.