“Try not to breathe” ( Azeri Çalış, nəfəs alma ) is a short film by Azerbaijani director Alina Abdullayeva , shot in 2006 by the Dervish production center. The leading actor was the People's Artist of Azerbaijan Fakhraddin Manafov and the soloist of the Unformal group Dilara Kyazimova .
| Try not to breathe | |
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| azerb. Çalış, nəfəs alma | |
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| Genre | short drama |
| Producer | Alina Abdullaeva |
| Author script | Alina Abdullaeva |
| In the main cast | Fakhraddin Manafov , Dilyara Kyazimova |
| Operator | Rovshan Kuliev |
| Composer | Ali Hasanzadeh , Torah Agabekova |
| Film company | "Dervish" |
| Duration | 15 minutes |
| A country |  Azerbaijan  Switzerland |
| Language | |
| Year | 2006 |
Story
The film tells the love stories of a young girl ( Dilyar Kyazimov ) and a mature man ( Fakhraddin Manafov ) with asthma [1] . Hopelessly sick, he spends his last minutes on a date with his lover. After escaping from the hospital, he catches a girl at the station, who held her breath in order to feel what he was feeling and to help him. Then the man invites her to play a game: whoever holds his breath longer will fulfill his desire. The man’s desire is for the girl to never hold her breath again. Lovers hold their breath and freeze.
Movie Story
In 2004, the film script was selected to participate in the Berlinale talent Campus (one of the programs of the Berlin Film Festival ). In 2005, the script won a grant from the international development program for young cinema AVANTI [2] , which paid 50% of the film’s budget. The other half was allocated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan [3] .
In 2006, the film received the Golden Lamp Prize of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan in the nomination “Best Debut”, as well as the prize “For Best Producing Work” of the International Audiovisual Festival [2] , held by the Guild of Filmmakers of Azerbaijan [3] .
In February 2007, the film took part in the International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand [1] [4] [5] .
July 20-27, 2008, Italy hosted the international short film festival Salento Finibus Terrae 2008, in which Alina Abdullaeva was awarded the prize “For Best Director” in the category “Best Short Film” [2] [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Movie information on the Clermont-Ferrand short film festival website
- ↑ 1 2 3 Biography of Alina Abdullaeva at www.eepap.org Archived on March 3, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Azerbaijani director awarded the prize of the international festival
- ↑ From February 1 to 9 in France in the city of Clermont-Ferrand will be a short film festival (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 3, 2014. Archived March 3, 2014.
- ↑ Go to Cannes
- ↑ Try Not to Breathe film excels at Salento Finibus Terrae