synopsis
The Papanin district in Baku, Azerbaian, was to be demolished several years ago. While its inhabitants keep waiting in vain for the demolition and for the relevant compensation, the life in the district moves in its own, slow pace. The black-and-white meditative film recounts, against the backdrop of the empty streets, personal microstories about the loss of illusions, the joys of everyday life, encounters of love and death. Together, the fragments of the locals’ lives form a mosaic image of a place soon to be wiped from the face of the Earth.
biography
Turkan Huseynova was born in Baku in 1987, graduated from The Department of Cinema Theory in Azerbaijan State Culture and Arts University. During different periods Turkan has worked as a Photographer, Director assistant, and Film Producer for various movies and documentaries.
more about film
| director: | Turkan Huseynova |
| producer: | Turkan Huseynova |
| script: | Turkan Huseynova |
| editing: | Turkan Hueynova |
| sound: | Hafiz İbrahim |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2021 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| language: | Azerbaijani |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Turkan Huseynova |
| original title: | Papanin |
| country: | Azerbaijan |
| year: | 2021 |
| running time: | 21 min. |
