Azerbaijan`s movie “Nabat” by talented director Elchin Musaoglu will be presented at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
The Festival will be organized by La Biennale di Venezia in Venice Lido, Italy from August 27 to September 6, 2014.
The Azerbaijani film will take part in “Horizons” (“Orizzonti”) section which is the second important part after the main competition of the festival. This section brings together new trend feature and documentary films. Works of other 16 directors will also be screened during the event, where the authors of the best films will be awarded.
The film “Nabat”, produced at J.Jabbarly “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio, was shot in 2014. The story tells about the Karabakh war, which resulted after Armenia`s unjustified territorial claims against Azerbaijan. The story revolves around a village`s residents who are forced to leave their homes because of an ongoing war. But an old woman refuses to leave her family members buried in the village.
Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival, founded in 1932 on the initiative of Benito Mussolini. The festival has been held annually on the island of Lido since 1934.
The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.