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- When a father is unexpectedly released from prison after serving ten years for killing his wife, his son wants to find out why he did it.
- «Drongo» is the name of a secret agent, the protagonist of Chingiz Abdullayev's books, three of which formed the basis of the television series.
- An elderly couple confront the ravages of war in their poverty-stricken village.
- Gabil returns home to the humble family farmstead, surrounded by an orchard of venerable pomegranate trees; since his sudden departure twelve years ago he was never once in contact. However, the deep emotional scars he left behind cannot be erased from one day to the next.
- An Azerbaijanian veteran of battle for Brest fortress takes gun again 50 years later - to defend Nagorny Karabakh from Armenians.
- The film based on Agil Abbas's novel about Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- Ali coaches a rowing team in a provincial town. The young squad also includes his son Ruslan, who finds it difficult to meet the demands Ali makes on him, and his father's frostiness and continual dissatisfaction are getting him down. Ali is experiencing a crisis of middle age, and only Ruslan is preventing him from leaving his wife Leyla, whom he criticizes for spoiling their son. He finds solace in his Polish lover Sasha, who'd rather have Ali for herself and dreams of starting a new life with him. Just before an important race, in the interests of the team's performance, Ali decides to replace Ruslan, who was originally chosen for the event. But when tragedy strikes that same day, Ali is overcome with emotions he doesn't know how to deal with.
- A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself.
- The film based loosely on the Nagorno-Karabakh War and Khojaly Genocide. The movie also includes scenes from Khojaly Genocide documentary by Chingiz Mustafayev.
- "Red Garden" tells the story of Abbas - biology teacher, his wife Vafa - piano teacher and Orkhan - orphan, after his granny's death. Vafa wants to adopt Orkhan but Abbas is against of this idea. He wants a son from his own blood.
- "At some point," Rafael tells Arzu, "people walk together ... and then their ways part ... each destined to follow the labyrinth of their own inner city ..." Arzu, a young girl growing up in contemporary Azerbaijan, falls in love with Rafael, her piano teacher's son, a veteran of the Karabakh War. Twice her age and unable to escape from the ravages of war, Rafael is forced to live on the edge of a society that sees him as a 'cripple.' Arzu, desperate to escape from the same repressive society which confines women to a strict, narrow path, chooses Rafael over her family and friends - but threatened by Arzu's mother, and guided by the wisdom born out of his own brokenness, Rafael makes the supreme sacrifice of love ...
- The film is a logical continuation of the film "Don't be afraid, I'm with you" (1981). Life separates friends Teymur, San Sanich and Rustam. Teymur is now a member of parliament, Rustam is a member of the Red Army, and San Sanich is the owner and teacher of a small Eastern combat school. The events take place during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic - in 1919. The Romeo and Juliet of the East have a dangerous love affair. The girl's father is a composer and a member of parliament, and the boy's father is a robber. This time, inseparable friends unite to save Teymur's daughter Leyla.
- On the steppe, an old man and a young guy live far away from the people, selling the wool of the camels they look after. After the death of the older man, a girl with short hair comes out and adds her own story to the life of the younger man and changes his life.
- Maryam, an immigrant living in the US returns to her small village in Azerbaijan after discovering that her father is alive and residing in a psychiatric facility. She tries to help recover his mind with her memories but the struggle against the disease turns into a fight with her own conscience.
- "Buta" is the story of a lonely 7-year old boy (named Buta), who lives in a mountain village with his grandmother. He is befriended by an old man, a liquid soap merchant who once loved (and lost) Buta's grandmother. The old man's friendship and wise advice helps Buta to overcome his difficulties in life. Buta's grandmother, in the meantime, is weaving a special carpet in memory of Buta's mother. The carpet features a special pattern (also called "Buta"), which represents love. The boy is inspired by his grandmother's work, and decides to make his own "buta" made of rocks and stones, high on the top of the mountain...
- Three girls in the their early twenties, each in search of something more in life, practice sport rifle shooting in their spare time. When their love is taken advantage of by three guys (a Thief, a Police officer, and a local Mafia leader), they find that there is only one way to escape from the circle of lies and deceit surrounding a mysterious painting.
- The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.
- At the beginning of the 19th century, the Russian emperor Alexander I signed an order to relocate 700 Swabian families to Transcaucasia. In 1819, the Germans who came from the Kingdom of Württemberg - the current state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany - founded the first colony in the west of Azerbaijan, near Ganja - the village of Helenendorf (now the city of Goygol). Thus, Azerbaijan has become the second homeland of the Germans who settled here. A few generations passed and those Germans mixed with the local population. In 1941, by order of Stalin, German families living in Goygol were forcibly moved to Central Asia. According to the task, it was necessary to deport the German population from Azerbaijan within 48 hours. The place of exile was mainly the waterless, snake-biting steppes of Kazakhstan. The tragedy that happened to one of these families during the exile and the revenge for that event many years later are the main themes of the film.
- Sadig, who was convicted of double murder and sentenced to a long term, is released after 17 years. He learns that his relatives have died and homeland had been occupied. Sadig crosses the contact line to his village in Kalbajar with his compatriot to visit the graves of his parents.
- The plot is based on the theme of the joint struggle of the Azerbaijani and Iranian police against the forces organizing international drug trafficking.