Elvin Adigozel

For the 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille about thirty directors have done us the honor of offering us some very beautiful short films.

Seymour Tahirbekov is an international chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan. Having won the Candidates Tournament, Seymour earns the right to challenge the defending world champion Skroten Gudmonson in the World Chess Championship match. With a few weeks left before the championship match, Seymour’s psychological and emotional state deteriorates under escalating abuse and pressure to succeed by any means.

A boy is found lying bleeding in an artist′s studio. A policeman arrives to question the artist while as reality is gradually distorted.

Wedding musicians in rural Azerbaijan, Babek and Sahil have been inseparable since childhood. But tensions begin to fester as Babek is drawn to both dreams of showbiz glory in the capital Baku and the allure of his new partner Zarif, and long-suffering Sahil discovers there are limits to his loyalty.

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In the forgotten district of Bilesuvar, South of Azerbaijan, some men and women are looking for something in their dimly enlightened lives. They want to tell us their wishes, their despairs and their fights. It's all about Bilesuvar's soul.

Inside a bazaar located in the outskirts of Baku, a young film team tries to shoot a film scene with a well-known actress.

It all starts with a premonitory dream. A national paper reporter for a southern region of Azerbaijan, Karim lives his boring daily life. But something, a memory, is deeply bothering him. The arrival of a new editor-in-chief increases Karim’s worries, he has to go to Baku to meet him.

Nijat, an emotionally empty young man, visits his childhood town of Goychay after years of living abroad. Enigmatic about his occupation but clear about his financial distress, he seeks an old family friend's help to sell his deceased father's house.