Xoca

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Xoja
Directed byVahid Mustafayev
Written byVahid Mustafayev
Produced byMirshahin Agayev
Starring



CinematographyAfshin Alizade
Music byYashar Bakhish
Distributed byBakifilm
Release date
  • 23 February 2012 (2012-02-23)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryAzerbaijan
LanguagesEnglish
Azerbaijani

Xoja (Azerbaijani: Xoca) is a 2012 Azerbaijani drama film directed, written, and co-produced by based loosely on the Khojaly Massacre during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The film stars , and .

Background and structure[]

The neo-expressionist feature film is based on the story of a young, soon to be married Azerbaijani couple Aliakbar (Ilgar Musayev) and Gunel (Nigar Bahadirqizi), which unfolds against a fictional backdrop of Khojaly Massacre.[1]

Cast[]

  • as Aliakbar
  • as Gunel
  • as Gunel's father
  • as Gunel's mother
  • as Yura Cherniy
  • as Mehriban

Release[]

The British release of Xoca was on 24 February 2013 and were shown in London's The Princess Anne Theatre.[2]

Accolades[]

Xoca won several awards. At the 2012 Cairo International Film Festival, it was named best international drama of the year.[3]

The film were featured in various international film festivals, including at International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and Fajr International Film Festival. The film were submitted to Yerevan International Film Festival, but jury declined to accept it.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Whitfield, Gemma. "Xoca (Khoja) | Movie review". Theupcoming.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Emotional film on the Khojaly Massacre screened in London". ukprweb.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ^ Фильм Вахида Мустафаева "Ходжа" получил награду (ФОТО). anspress.com (in Russian). Retrieved 31 May 2013.

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