The winners of the “People of the rear front” short feature film screenplay competition have been defined which was announced by Azerbaijan Union of Filmmakers on January 31, 2024.
The main goal of choosing the exact topic is to show the reverberations of war in the lives of citizens who were at the rear of the Patriotic War, and to engrave in history the greatness of the role they played in the victory.
According to the information provided by AUF, 50 submissions were accepted for the competition, which May 1 was the deadline. The names of the finalists were announced on June 30. The winning screenplay for the first and second place was not awarded, instead, all four screenplays were awarded for the third place according to the decision of the jury consisting of film director Vagif Azeryar, screenwriter, educator, chairman of the jury Nadir Badalov, director, producer Ali Isa Jabbarov, screenwriter, trainer Parviz Mammadov, film critic Sevda Sultanova.
Here are the winning screenplays in an alphabetical order:
“Short passes, long regrets” by Haji Safarov
“Soldier boots” by Leyla Nasibli
“An old oven” by Asif Gahramanov
“Girls in the field” by Elkhan Khanalizadeh
Each of the winning scenarios is given money award in the amount of 1000 AZN defined for the third place. The secretariat of Azerbaijan Union of Filmmakers expresses its gratitude to all authors who participated in the competition. It was shared by secretariat that they consider aforementioned competition as a mechanism that can influence the development of national cinema. Additionally, they plan to hold screenplay competitions with different themes and formats every year.
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