Jamila Taghizade

The film anthology includes 10 short films: "Asia", "Meeting", "Artist", "Yard", "Bahram Gur", "Lottery Ticket", "Caspian Atlantis", "About love", "Aysel" and "Coincidence". Each screenplay in the project reflects different moments in the life of Baku. Short films bring to life relationships between people, their love and longing, happy and sad moments. The main hero uniting these people, relations and different moments of life is the city of Baku.

Anakhanim, a true village woman, has been taking care of the household for many years. Her daughter Nigar, got married and lives in Turkey. Her son Nazim fell in love with an actress named Rena and married her. Anakhanim is against this marriage from the very beginning. For this reason, she comes to her son and says that she will stay with him for a few months. But the main goal is to separate Nazim from Rena. Rena is no stranger to it. The daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law engage in a full-scale duel. And one day, Rena is kidnapped by a maniac fan, and my mother-in-law accidentally witnesses this incident...

Gasim, who earns halal money by making and selling shor in the village, and Rena, a top showbiz singer who works to stay on the agenda, meet by chance. Gasim is insulted by his wife every time for selling shor. After seeing a video on TikTok and wishing for dear life, his wife meets a man from show business and runs away to the city. Rena, who came to the village for a concert, finds out what happened to Gasim and makes him an interesting offer.

Russian mobster Yuri's man Nikolai betrays him, steals the map of the famous "Heart of the East" diamond and flees to Istanbul. Yuri sends his men to Istanbul after Nikolay. By chance, the map falls into the hands of 3 wandering Turks Derya, Tayfun and Sedat.

“Urban Motives 4.1” is an anthology film consists of 5 short movies by 5 Azerbaijani directors. The first, by Anar Abbasov, is about a relationship between a man and women who live next door; second, by Ru Hasanov, is about a life of a musician who is different from others with his mentality; third, by Teymur Ismayilov, tells a story of a young worker who has his own dreams; fourth, by Jafar Akhundzade, is about traumas caused by war; and the last one, by Vugar Islamzadeh, is a story about a criminal group and an officer who wants to take revenge.

Today was Ibish’s birthday. Ibish invited his friends to the celebration, especially his close friend Tima. At first, the guests’ toasts and warm camaraderie seem heartfelt. After Tima abruptly leaves, his intoxicated friends begin speaking ill of his wife, and their chat quickly escalates into an argument. One drunk guest even airs circulating rumors about Tima at the table. Shocked by what he hears, Ibish can hardly believe his ears. Tonight, Ibish faces a tough decision, both dangerous and difficult.