With the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Cinema Agency of Azerbaijan, a major film festival "Baku Cinema Breeze" will be held for the first time in our country from October 2 to 8. The opening ceremony of the event will be held on October 2 at the Heydar Aliyev Center.
The Baku Cinema Breeze event will bring together several well-known festivals, which were previously held independently, and will serve as a single network for the presentation of masterpieces of world cinema. The event will be attended by the heads of relevant state institutions, representatives of the creative sector, international and local organizations, and hundreds of creative individuals, companies, and public associations.
"Omarket" (cinema market of Eastern countries) will be organized as part of the festival. It will serve as an important platform for introducing the films of Eastern countries to the world. The opening of "Omarket" will take place on October 3 at the Heydar Aliyev Center.
The festival will organize film screenings at Nizami Cinema Center, CineMastercard Azerbaijan Cinema, YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Kapellhouse Baku, Landmark, and YAY Gallery for residents, guests of the capital, and film lovers.
The primary goal of the event is to position Azerbaijan as the center of the regional film industry, develop the film culture, and bring the local ecosystem together.
The Baku Cinema Breeze" festival will unite film industry professionals from countries such as the USA, Canada, India, Netherlands, Turkiye, Germany, Portugal, UAE, Greece, Korea, Georgia, Estonia, and beyond, as well as well-known figures of world cinema, in one place in Azerbaijan. This event, aimed at the development of the audiovisual industry, is implemented as part of the Creative Azerbaijan Project of the Ministry of Culture.
For details about the festival, please visit this link: www.bakucinemabreeze.az