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ALIBEYLI

11.07 - 18.00 Moscow Cinema, Small Hall
12.07 - 18.00 Nairi Cinema, Small Hall
2006, Azerbaijan, 25 min.

NON COMPETITION PROGRAM
Directors Across Borders

Script: Elvan Mamedov, Dir.: Ayaz Salaev, Dir. of Phot.: Elman Nabiev, Prod.: Ilham Safarov.

The film is comprised of twin documentaries that tell the story of two next-door villages: Aygepar in Armenia, and Alibeyli in Azerbaijan. Up until the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict, the inhabitants of the villages depicted in the documentaries enjoyed normal relations, with interpersonal, interfamilial, and economic ties. Those ties were abruptly and tragically broken by the war. Former friends and associates were drawn into the hostilities, often unaware of the damage that their bullets and bombs caused to their neighbors on the other side of the border. Twelve years into the cease-fire, the inhabitants of both villages pause to reflect on friendship and enmity, war and peace, and the possibility of a clean slate leading to coexistence.

Ayaz Salayev

Born in 1960 in Baku.
In 1982 he graduated from VGIK, Moscow, Department of Film Critics. 1986-1988 - studied at VGIK post graduate course. Since 1983 he has worked as an editor, author of TV programs, teacher of cinema, and scientific worker in the Academy of Science. Was Chief Curator of the State Film Archive of Azerbaijan. At present he is the film director of the Internews Azerbaijan.

Filmography
Ata, (doc., 1988), Yarasa, (feature, 1995).

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Script/Dir.: Marco Bellocchio, Dir. of Phot.: Alberto Marrama, Compos.: Ennio Morricone, Prod. Design.: Gisella Longo, Edit.: Silvano Agosti, Prod.: Enzo Doria.
Cast:. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil.

On a rural estate live three brothers, a sister, and their blind, religious mother. Three of the siblings have epilepsy, the fourth and eldest, Augusto does not, and he's about to break away from the family: he's in love with Lucia and planning to move to the city. Augusto's sister Guilia tries to frustrate the lovers, while another brother, Alessandro, hatches a far-reaching plot to free himself of his mother's demands and other family responsibilities, to give Augusto the wherewithal to leave with Lucia, and, perhaps, to pursue incestuous impulses with his sister.

Awards
Silver Ribbon - Best Original Story, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1966; Silver Sail, Locarno IFF, 1965.

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Documentary Films

Script/Dir./ Dir. of Phot./Prod.: Cristobal Vicente, Compos.: Carlos Canales, Toto Alvarez, Sound: Mario Diaz, Rafael Huerta, Cristobal Vicente. Edit.: Cristobal Vicente, Carlos Klein.

This film presnts a record of the last working year of the old prison of Valparaiso, which closed in 1999. It is a homage to the prison and to the values and customs of the men, who have secretly lived within it during its 150 year history.

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