Azerbaijanfilm

Main entrance to Azerbaijanfilm studio

Azerbaijanfilm(Russian:Азербайджанфильм;Azerbaijani:Azərbaycanfilm) is anAzerbaijanistate film production company. It is located in the capitalBaku.

History

Azerbaijanfilm was established in 1920 as a photo-cinema department at theAzerbaijan SSRPeople's Commissariat, and in 1923 renamed to "Azerbaijani Photo-Cinema Office" (AFKI). It then went through several name changes, including "Azdovletkino" (1926–1930), "Azkino" (1930–1933), "Azfilm" (1933), "Azdovletkinosenaye" (1934), "Azerfilm" (1935–1940), and "Baku Cinema Studio" (1941–1959), before adopting its present name in 1960 as "Azerbaijanfilm" cinema studio named afterJafar Jabbarly.Currently, Azerbaijanfilm is a part of theMinistry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.

Notable films

Azerbaijan SSR

• 1931Qaz
• 1933Lökbatan
• 1945The Cloth Peddler
• 1956O Olmasin, Bu Olsun
• 1961Balıqçılar
• 1963Kür
• 1964İçəri Şəhər
• 1964Ulduz
• 1965Mingəçevir
• 1970Sevil
• 1977Birthday
• 1979Babek
• 1988The Scoundrel
• 1989Anecdote

Azerbaijan

• 1991The Engagement Ring
• 1998Sari Gelin
• 2001The Dream
• 2004National Bomb
• 2009The 40th Door
• 2010The Precinct
• 2011Buta
• 2012Amazing Azerbaijan(documentary)
• 2012Steppe Man
• 2014Nabat

See also

• Azerbaijani animation
• Cinema of Azerbaijan
• List of Azerbaijani films

External links

• Official website(in Azerbaijani, English, and Russian)
• Azeri films(in Russian)
• Azerbaijani filmat theInternet Movie Database
• Azerbaycan Kinosu(in Azerbaijani)