(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Laman Ismayilova
The Uzbek Cinema Days have started at Nizami Cinema Center,
bringing together public and art figures, Azernews reports.
The days are organized by the Uzbek Cinema Agency in partnership
with Azerbaijani Culture Ministry and the Uzbek embassy in
Baku.
In their remarks, Secretary of the Azerbaijani Filmmakers Union,
Honored Art Worker Ayaz Salayev, director of the State film Fund,
Honored Art Worker Jamil Guliyev, head of Audiovisual and
Interactive media Department Rufat Hasanov praised the fraternal
relations between the two countries, which are historically
connected by common Turkic roots.
At the opening ceremony, Ayaz Salayev greeted the guests and
said that his interest in Uzbek cinema started during his
childhood.
'When I was a child, my father told me about the great scientist
and ruler Ulugbey. Although I was more interested in European films
at that time, my father's stories awakened an unusual interest in
the East, especially Uzbekistan. We lived under one flag during the
Soviet era. But later, although the USSR collapsed, the Uzbek and
Azerbaijani peoples did not separate from each other, our relations
continued. Today, when the peoples of the Turkic world come
together, it is very important to share our cultures and come up
with joint projects,' said Salayev.
Honored Art Worker Jamil Guliyev spoke about the importance of
organizing Uzbekistan cinema days in Azerbaijan. He noted that
Uzbek cinematography has a unique place in Eastern cinema, in
general, in the post-Soviet space. During the Soviet era, Uzbek
actors were awarded the honorary title People's Artist of the
USSR:
'The most famous of them is the work of Kamil Yarmatov. Nabi
Ganiyev's film 'Tahir and Zohra' always shines light on Uzbek
cinema. I watched with interest the films 'Seventh Bullet',
'Extraordinary Commissioner', the screen works created by Ali
Khamrayev, Shohrat Abbasov's works, especially the film 'You are
not an orphan'. In short, Uzbek films are unique and remarkable.
For decades, Azerbaijani cinematographers have worked together with
their Uzbek counterparts. Uzbek actors have appeared in such films
as 'Meeting', 'Flamingo', both produced by AzerbaijanFilm studio.
Uzbek actors played roles in the films. All this remains in the
golden pages of our cinema history, and we believe that in the
future, the cinematographers of the two brotherly nations will
cooperate closely in joint film production,' said Guliyev.
He pointed out that 50 Uzbek films and more than 3,000 photos of
Uzbek cinema have been preserved in the Azerbaijan State Film
Fund.
Head of Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department Rufat
Hasanov said that Days of Azerbaijani Cinema were organized in
Tashkent and Bukhara within the Tashkent International Film
Festival held in September. Azerbaijani films received great
interest at the festival.
During his speech, Uzbek Film Agency director general Firdavs
Abdulkhaligov stressed the importance of holding such events for
the sake of strengthening cultural partnership between the two
countries.
He said that holding the Days of Uzbek cinema in Azerbaijan,
which is developing and modernizing day by day, is a remarkable
event.
The Uzbek Film Agency director informed the ceremony
participants that the two countries plan to work on a joint
project- a film about Molla Nasreddin, a fictional character in
folklore.
In conclusion, Firdavs Abdulkhaligov expressed his hope that
Uzbek films would be welcomed by the Azerbaijani film lovers.
Azerbaijani director Eldar Mammadov said that he has been living
in Uzbekistan for forty years and there is great love and respect
for Azerbaijan in Uzbekistan,
'This is also evident in our culture and art. At this level, the
documentary 'Eternal friendship and brotherhood', which will be
shown at the opening ceremony, is dedicated to the relations
between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. Our peoples are connected to
each other by spiritual threads. The motto 'One nation, two
states', which unites Azerbaijan and Turkiye, is also valid for the
people of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan,' he said.
Actress Lala Eltoyeva,head of Cinema Art portal Shakira Hamro
expressed their satisfaction with being in Azerbaijan and spoke
about the exchange of art between the two countries.
After the speeches, the film 'Eternal friendship and
brotherhood' was presented to the audience.
The film reviews historical facts, political and cultural
relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. The scriptwriter of
the film is the film director Eldar Mammadov.
Uzbek Cinema Days also includes films like Maksud Shaikhzoda,
101 Flight, Baron 2, The Fate of a Woman, etc.
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