Azerbaijanfilm

Main entrance to Azerbaijanfilm studio

Azerbaijanfilm (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanfilm) is an Azerbaijani state film production company.

History

"Azerbaijanfilm" was established in 1920 as a photo-cinema department at the Azerbaijan SSR People's Commissariat, and in 1923 renamed as "Azerbaijani Photo-Cinema Office" (AFKI). It 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 after Jafar Jabbarly. Currently, "Azerbaijanfilm" is a part of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.^[1]

Notable films

Azerbaijan SSR

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

Azerbaijan

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

See also

• Cinema of Azerbaijan
• List of Azerbaijani films

References

1. Rollberg, Peter (2008). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 56–59. ISBN 0810860724.

External links

• Official website (Azerbaijani) (English) (Russian)
• Azeri films (Russian)
• Azerbaijani film at the Internet Movie Database
• Azerbaycan Kinosu (Azerbaijani)