Azerbaijani director`s documentary to compete in Russian film festival
Baku, September 9 (AZERTAC). The documentary "My Kith and Kin" by Azerbaijani film director Rodion Ismayilov will be part of the competitive program of the 10th edition of an International film festival of documentary drama “Saratov sufferings” to be held in Saratov, Russia, from September 11-17.
The storyline of "My Kith and Kin" is based on the first visit by lead character Lolita to Azerbaijan. Lolita is a person who personifies two cultures, as her mother is Russian and her father is Azerbaijani.
This delicate and compelling story is bout a ten-year-old girl who comes to Azerbaijan for the first time to be acquainted with her father`s relatives. Lolita aspires to learn about the culture and traditions of her Azerbaijani family members.
The 63-minute film of the DS FILM Production Center was made with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan. The film won “The best anthropologic film” award at the eighth Open Russian Anthropological Film Festival (RAFF) in April and was nominated for “Best Documentary” at the eleventh Almaty International Film Festival “Shaken`s Stars”.
The film was also shown at the international documentary film festival “Visions du Réel” (“The images of reality”) in Nyon, Switzerland, in April.
Saratov Sufferings is an International Documentary Drama Film Festival which is annually held in Saratov, Russia. The festival focuses on films that show the peculiarities of human destiny with deep feelings and empathy. The slogan of Saratov Sufferings Film Festival is: Documentary films are films for the viewers!
The film will also join the “Let`S Cee” Film Festival in Vienna on September 13-21.
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