U zabačenom selu u Tališkom masivu, između Irana i Azerbajdžana, Samid za život zarađuje popravljajući radioaparate i televizore. U doba Sovjetskog Saveza - gdje je kino bilo glavno sredstvo propagande i središte zajednice - radio je kao seoski projekcionist. Prošle godine sin mu je poginuo u tragičnoj nesreći. Nakon dugih mjeseci žalovanja i samoće Samid odlučuje ponovno pokrenuti stari projektor i opet okupiti svoje azersko selo pred ekranom. No snalaze ga prepreke jedna za drugom, sve dok ne nađe neočekivanog saveznika - mladog ljubitelja filma. Uskoro ih čekaju sve veće tenzije u selu. A što će učiniti s krajem koji nedostaje na jedinom preostalom primjerku filma?
Francuska, Njemačka 2024, '88
REŽIJA: Orkhan Aghazadeh
KAMERA: Daniel Guliyev
MONTAŽA: Nicole Schmeier
PRODUKCIJA: Kidam, Lichtblick Film
FESTIVALI I NAGRADE:
Torino FF: Best Documentary (2024)
Visions du Réel (2024)
Chicago IFF(2024)
Jerusalem FF (2024)
Hamburg FF (2024)
Porto/Post/Doc (2024)
Orkhan Aghazadeh
Orkhan was born in 1988 in Azerbaijan. His first short documentary A Letter to Lenin premiered at Leipzig International film festival in 2009. His graduation short film from London film school, The Chairs was screened by many festivals like Palm Springs Short FF, Angers Premiers Plans FF, Tampere FF, Brussels FF, Poitiers FF and won several awards in 2028. His feature project The Prisoner was the first project from Azerbaijan to be selected by the Cinefondation Residency of Cannes Film Festival in 2021 and took part in Cinemart of Rotterdam Film Festival.
