Young azerbaijani filmmaker received a bronze award by the american film institute

 

Living in Germany, a young filmmaker from Azerbaijan Elmar Imanov has been awarded the Bronze Award of the American Academy for Young Filmmakers (Student Oscar) for Best Foreign Film.

He won this award for the short film . The award took place on June 11 in Los Angeles.

A half-hour tape is about complicated relationships of the father and the son, who is mentally ill. The filming took place in 2011 in an area Jangi, 55 km from Baku.

This year's Student Academy Award was held the 39th time and its winners were about 10 young filmmakers from different countries. The winners were determined by the jury from among well-known American filmmakers. Student Academy Award implies trophies and cash prizes, but does not imply an Oscar statuette. However it opens a way for successful work in the field of cinema and television.

Thirteen years ago 26-year-old Elmar Imanov moved with his family for permanent residence to Cologne, Germany, where he graduated from the International School of Cinema. So far, he has shot several short and documentary films. -02B-

 

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