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Interview with Ilgar Najaf about BUTA
“Directors often feel like Christopher Columbus” 7-year old Buta lives with his grandmother in a mountain village in Azerbaijan. Life seems easy: Buta goes to school, plays with his girlfriend, fights a group of envious boys and meets a new friend and tutor, an old soap seller encouraging him by his worldly wisdom and telling him stories from a long gone past. Buta is not just a name, it’s also a pattern on the carpets that the women in the village are weaving. Looking like a drop of water (see picture), it has a rich symbolic meaning. Looking closely, you’ll find buta’s everywhere in this film. Ilgar Najaf: “From the…
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Bridges. East of West Film Festival
“We met in Tbilisi about thirteen years ago, and although we live in neighbouring countries, we never got the chance to see each other since. But now we’re all here, together in Brussels. That’s what cinema does.” said Azeri director Ilgar Najaf on January 17th at the opening of the Bridges, East of West Film Festival. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are gathered together at Bozar to display their national works of cinema. The festival is organised by Bozar, in conjunction with the Ukranian State Film Agency, the Georgian National Film Center, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and Arthouse Traffic. From the 17th til the 21st…
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Azerbaijani film director becomes Young Cinema Award Winner for “Pomegranate Orchard” movie
Previously announced winners included Ilgar Najaf as the Young Cinema Award Winner for Azerbaijan’s foreign-language Oscar entry, Pomegranate Orchard (Nar Bagi) at the 11th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) at a ceremony in Brisbane, Australia. The storyline of the movie is about an old man, who lives along with his grandson and daughter-in-law in the decrepit house amidst of the huge pomegranate garden. Sudden comeback of his wayward son has changed a gentle rhythm of their peaceful existence. Forgotten bitter memories have come back and even more, new challenges are in store for them. The director of the film is Ilgar Najafov. Scriptwriters are Asif Rustamov, Ilgar Najafov and…
