Pomegranate orchard
- Feature
- 2017
- 90 Minutes
- Azerbaijan
- Language: Azerbaijani and Russian
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 in contact with them. However, the deep emotional scars he left behind cannot be erased from one day to the next.
Director: Ilgar Najaf
Screenwriter: Asif Rustamov, Ilgar Najaf, Roelof Jan Minneboo
Production Company: AZERBAIJANFILM studio, Buta Film
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Awards
Eurasia, Main competition, Kazakhstan 2017: Best actorListopad, Main competition, Belarus 2017: Best script
Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2017
NETPAC, Young cinema award, Australia 2017,
Malatya International Film Festival, Turkey 2017: Best film
Antakya International Film Festival, Turkey 2017: Best actress
Cast and Crew
DOP / Camera: Ayhan Salar
Editor: Elmir Hasanov
Music: Furutdin Allahverdi
Sound: Stephan Konken, Teymur Kerimov, Peter Rosner
Producer: Mushfuq Hatamov, Ilgar Najaf
Cast: Gurban Ismayilov, Samimi Farhad, Ilaha Hasanova, Hasan Agayev, Rovshan Kerimdukht
Director
Ilgar Najaf
Ilgar Najaf was born in March 2nd, 1975 in Ararat region of Armenian Republic (USSR). After ethnic conflict in 1988 (when he was 13) together with his family, they were forcibly expelled from Armenia and became refugees. In 1997 he graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Arts film director’s faculty. In 2004 he established the film studio “Buta Film” where he produced and directed a number of movies.