Azerbaijanfilm

Azerbaijanfilm

Company type	JSC
Industry	Motion pictures Animated films
Founded	16 April 1920 (1920-04-16)
Headquarters	Baku, Azerbaijan
Products	Motion pictures Television programs
Owner	Government of Azerbaijan

Main entrance to Azerbaijanfilm studio

Azerbaijanfilm (Russian: Азербайджанфильм; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanfilm) is an Azerbaijani state film production company. It is located in the capital Baku.

History

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.

Notable films

Azerbaijan SSR

• 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

• 1991 The Engagement Ring
• 1998 Sari Gelin
• 2001 The Dream
• 2004 National Bomb
• 2009 The 40th Door
• 2010 The Precinct
• 2011 Buta
• 2012 Amazing Azerbaijan (documentary)
• 2012 Steppe Man
• 2014 Nabat

See also

• Azerbaijani animation
• Cinema of Azerbaijan
• List of Azerbaijani films

External links

• Official website (in Azerbaijani, English, and Russian)
• Azeri films (in Russian)
• Azerbaijani film at the Internet Movie Database
• Azerbaycan Kinosu (in Azerbaijani)