Shukufa Yusupova

Sound of the Pipe

The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.

Another Life

Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.

The Kidnapping of Groom

Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan.

The Window of Sadness

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.

Asif, Vasif, Ağasif

A funny adventures of three little brothers.

The Birthday Party

This lyrical psychological film is about true friendship. The characters in the film are contemporaries in of late 1970s Azerbaijan SSR with differing visions of the world, yet sharing true and lasting friendship.

Four Sundays

After the novelette of the same name of Huseyn Abbaszadeh. The film is about friends' meeting who fought together as a partisans in Belorussian detached force.

The Price of Happiness

Rukhsara and her son Ibrahim are very concerned about the future of their five daughters growing up at home - Gulkhar, Khalida, Sakina, Zohra and Sevinc. Rukhsara's dream is to give each of the girls a dowry, to send them off to their husband's house according to the "rules”, as they say. Ibrahim knows very well that family happiness is not measured by dowry and shiny furniture. However, for the sake of his mother, he tries to earn dowry money for the girls. The sisters also understand that the foundation of happiness is not laid by dowry. If you hold hands with the person you love, you can overcome all the trials of life with confidence...

The Chest Found from the Fortress

About adventures of two schoolboys dreaming to find treasures.

The Hope

The film is about war in Garabagh and when we look at wounded solider we see our son, brother or father.

Dance of Good and Evil

Before his death, the jeweler wrote a will in which he mentioned the famous diamond "Abbas Shah." But when the heirs discovered his personal safe, the diamond was not there. Without hesitation, they turned for help to the detective Drongo, who, as everyone knows, is able to unravel the most mysterious thing. The detective immediately established a circle of suspects and began to screen out those who had an iron alibi. But suddenly his list began to decline for a completely different reason - someone began to kill the suspects one by one...

The Exam

After the play of the same name of Anar.

August is Coming Soon

The story of the period when teenagers' characters are formed. After finishing eighth grade, the film's protagonist, Arif, decides to become a sailor, like his late father. The young man's path to his dream will not be easy, but his willpower and perseverance will help him overcome all obstacles and achieve his cherished desire.

It Must Be So

On one of the dull ordinary days of people’s lives, the heroes of the film search for and find a way out of the situation. How does this happen?

A Most Ordinary Story

A father about to die remains silent. Everyone is tortured by his silence. His sons accuise themselves or rather, accuse each other. The closest relatives feel like strangers in their own family. The father understands that he is the reason for the family drama. When he was young, he was attracted by wrong ideas and committed a sin for which fate now punishes him.

Broken Bridges

The plot of film is constructed on the basis of memoirs of the son and mother. They were divided with border between northern and southern Azerbaijan.

The Lion Ran Away from the House

A musical fairy tale about a lion who got bored living in the zoo and goes wandering around the city of Baku, where he met and became friends with a boy Rustam.

Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree

After the story of the same name of Akram Aylisli.

Straight to the Volcano

After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.

Legend of Gumushgol

The life of the protagonist of the film, Farid, changes completely after what happened in a mountain village, where a pedestrian escaped from the responsibility, which he thought was dead.

Liars

A young woman with a broken family is looking for happiness. She wants to remarry to get rid of loneliness, so she decides to use the Internet. The film also reflects the impact of the current transition period, economic and political changes on the intellectual families of Baku. But more women and their psychology came to the fore. The psychological crises of a modern woman, family relationships are reflected in the film.

A Trap for the Ghost

A love story between a middle-aged French theater director and a young Azerbaijani actress. He's achieved success and fame, heads a theater, ladies adore him yet he remains single afraid of commitments. Camilla is his last chance. The Frenchman is ready to go to a lot of trouble in order to see her (rush to Azerbaijan at the first opportunity, abandoning his obligations at home, keep waiting for secret dates - the lady is married) and yet is reluctant to lose his freedom...

Bəyaz həyat

The film tells the story of the love affair between the son of the secretary of state, Riyad, and the simple woman, Nigar, and their steadfast overcoming of a number of difficulties they encounter in return.

Etimad telefonu

Rena is a victim of rape as a young woman. This trauma becomes a lifelong tragedy for her. Years later, when she meets the man who brought this game upon her, Rena can only talk about what happened to her on a hotline.

The Room of God

Azerbaijani mother and daughter fleed Yerevan during the conflict and agree to exchange homes with an Armenian family in Baku. There is one condition: the elderly Armenian woman must stay in the house. The two women, isolated between walls built by blood and hostility, begin to search for a way to live together over time.