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AZERI FILM NOMINATED FOR OSCAR
Baku, 24 0ctober ,(AzerTAj)Fortress by Azerbaijani film director Shamil Nacafzade has been nominated for the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
The film`s director said the fact his work had managed to enter the Oscar`s nominees
list is a landmark event in the history of Azerbaijan`s cinematography.
“You cannot win an award in the first entry… It will be a historic achievement for
Azerbaijan`s cinema if we rank even 30th” Nacafzade said.
Fortress will compete against 66 foreign pictures on the Academy`s list, with five
films to be selected for the major ceremony to be held on February 22, 2009, in
Hollywood.
Written by poet Ramiz Rovshan, the film stars People`s Artists Rasim Balayev and
Firangiz Mutallimova.
The film was co-produced by the Azerbaijanfilm and United Multimedia Profile.
The film`s director said the fact his work had managed to enter the Oscar`s nominees
list is a landmark event in the history of Azerbaijan`s cinematography.
“You cannot win an award in the first entry… It will be a historic achievement for
Azerbaijan`s cinema if we rank even 30th” Nacafzade said.
Fortress will compete against 66 foreign pictures on the Academy`s list, with five
films to be selected for the major ceremony to be held on February 22, 2009, in
Hollywood.
Written by poet Ramiz Rovshan, the film stars People`s Artists Rasim Balayev and
Firangiz Mutallimova.
The film was co-produced by the Azerbaijanfilm and United Multimedia Profile.
