Azerbaijanfilm (Russian: Азербайджанфильм; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanfilm) is an Azerbaijani state film production company. It is located in the capital Baku.
History edit
Azerbaijanfilm was established in 1920 as a photo-cinema department at the Azerbaijan SSR People's Commissariat, and in 1923 renamed to "Azerbaijani Photo-Cinema Office" (AFKI). It then 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 edit
Azerbaijan SSR edit
- 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 edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Rollberg, Peter (2008). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 56–59. ISBN 978-0810860728.
External links edit
- Official website (in Azerbaijani, English, and Russian)
- Azeri films (in Russian)
- Azerbaijani film at the Internet Movie Database
- Azerbaycan Kinosu (in Azerbaijani)
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