The Precinct to represent Azerbaijan in İnternational Film Festival in India

Baku, December 22 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan will be represented by “The Precinct”, a movie by Azerbaijani filmmakers, at the International Film Festival scheduled for December 22-29 in Mumbai, India. “The Precinct” will be screened as part of the “Third eye” programme of the 10th Asian cinema festival. Organized by the Asian fund for cinema, yearly film festival third eye is created in order to move Asian cinema on the world film market by means of the different cultural measures, which include not only competitive programs, showings, the ceremony of rewardings, but also cinema- scientific studies, publication and seminary. This film festival showcases contemporary Asian films, documentaries and short fiction films, and also aims at encouraging film trends in Asian countries. The best films will also get nominated for Satyajit Ray Award and Asian Film Culture Award. “The Precinct” is a co-production between Azerbaijan (“Narimanfilm”) and Georgia (“Georgianfilm” & “Bagira Films”) which was developed within the framework of the Independent Film-makers` Association – South Caucasus (IFA-SC) training program. The film starring Zaza Bejashvili (Georgia), Melissa Pappel (France), Vagif Ibrahimoglu (Azerbaijan) and others was shot by the Azeri film director Ilgar Safat. The movie unveils the mystical story of a famous photographer, who makes a trip to his childhood. The production of the movie was funded by the Azeri ministry of culture and tourism and PASHA Bank.