Nabat still shining on global stages

/AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

The famous Azerbaijani film “Nabat” is continuing its successes across the globe.

In the 63rd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg held in Germany on November 6-16, the feature film of Azerbaijani director Elchin Musaoglu won three awards.

The jury awarded the film with "Mannheim-Heidelberg Award" for the best story of the human resistance in a touching and universal form.

Another prize was “International Film Critics’ Prize”. Moreover, the jury from French, Germany, Switzerland and Austria gave the film "Ecumenical Jury Award”.

At the awarding ceremony, the film director and film writer were presented.

All together, the Festival screened 39 films in three categories including international competition, international discoveries and special screening. The event includes a World Premiere, six European Premieres and 18 German Premieres.

The film was shot in 2014. It is dedicated to Karabakh war, which resulted after Armenia's unjustified territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

Elchin Musaoglu who has directed more than 50 documentaries and feature films decided to make this film after being impressed by a true story told by one of his friend.

The story revolves around a village's residents who are forced to leave their homes because of an ongoing battle. But there is an old woman who refuses to leave her family members buried in the village.

In his interviews, the director said, in all conflicts, this is the mothers who suffer the most.

"Paradise must be found beneath the mother's feet. I sincerely believe that if the mothers were in charge, the world would be a better place," Elchin Musaoglu , the winner of "The Best Foreign Film" prize at the 42th Houston International Film Festival in Texas in 2009 said.

The full-length feature film was awarded with many other prizes in many influential festivals. It was screened at 71st Venice International Film Festival in Italy. The film was also presented in the 27th International Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan. Earlier this month, the film was screened at the 50th Chicago International film festival.

Furthermore, it has been nominated for Oscar. The film is included in the long list of contenders for the "Oscar" in the category of "Best Foreign Language Film."

There will be a big rivalry as a total of 83 countries also taking part in this category.