Down the river (2014)

Ali is a rowing teacher in the province who is going through a family crisis. He wants to leave his wife and son and leave the country with a young Polish coach who works at the same school as him. But tragedy strikes. Ali's son Ruslan drowns in the river. Ali must find his son's body and bury it.

The film was shot in Mingachevir and Baku.

Festivals where the film participated:
SEEfest Southeastern European Film Festival – “Best Debut Feature” (2015, Los Angeles / USA)
LET´S Cee Film Festival – Promising Debut Competition – Special Mention (2015, Vienna / Austria)49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2014, Karlovy Vary / Czech Republic)
Golden Cocoon Film Festival (2014, Adana / Turkey)
International Film Festival of India (2014, Goa / India)
Cottbus International Film Festival (2014, Cottbus / Germany)
Golden Anteaters Film Festival (2015, Lublin / Poland)
Pune International Film Festival (2015, Pune / India)
20th International Film Festival (2016, Lima / Peru)

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