The Udi people

Melodies of the mountains

January 2006 •Russian

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!

January 1993 •Russian

Documentary film about ethnic cleansing in the Prigorodny district in October-November 1992.

45 Days: The Fight for a Nation

September 2021 •English

A feature documentary presented and directed by former Royal Marines Commando Emile Ghessen. The documentary tells the story of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh. In the fall of 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a brutal bloody war. Azerbaijan won, decisively. The feature documentary 45 Days: The Fight for a Nation tells the story of this conflict, from the Armenian perspective, focusing on the human cost of war and its impact on the large Armenian diaspora.

A Story of Home

December 2022 •Armenian

As a result of the second Karabakh war, a village should be ceded to Azerbaijan since a new highway is built through the Lachin corridor. The family of Narine, like many other Armenian families, needs to find a new place.

Caucasian Gates

January 1929 •Russian

Short documentary about the Georgian Military Road. Captures Ingush and Ossetian settlements of the early 20th century

In the city of Ordzhonikidze

January 1967 •Russian

Documentary film about Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz)

Labor rhythms of Checheno-Ingushetia

January 1972 •Russian

Documentary film about the labor activity of residents of Chechen-Ingush ASSR

Facing the Music: Eurovision in Azerbaijan

May 2012 •English

It's one of the most corrupt countries in the world and widely criticised for its human rights record but this year Azerbaijan is hosting Eurovision - one of the most glitzy TV music competitions in the world.

Live, song, live!

January 2022 •Russian

The film tells the story of ancient Ingush lullabies - Ingush women and men tell the lullabies of their families and the stories associated with them: love, friendship, blood feud.

Carriage

October 2016 •Russian

In the capital of Ingushetia, at the memorial, there is a carriage. This is a carriage from the 40s, a carriage of memory. One of those in which the Ingush were transported back in 1944 to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. February 23 is the day when the whole country celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day; mourning takes place in Ingushetia. And on this day, the old people gathered in this carriage to remember and tell each other how it was.

Bunny Decides to Go

May 2023 •Azerbaijani

An intimate documentary about a trans woman's isolation and decision to leave her home country of Azerbaijan in pursuit of a safer life. Using the metaphor of a rabbit, that comes from her nickname "bunny," she presents her relationship with her family, country, music, and protest, intercut with home videos.

Eternal Mission

January 2016 •Azerbaijani

The film "Eternal Mission" tells about the tumultuous fate of the delegation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic sent to the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919 under the leadership of Alimardan Bey Topchubashov, the Speaker of the Parliament.

Architects of Denial

October 2017 •English

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relatively uncovered in the mainstream media and not on the radar of many average Americans, it is a subject that has gotten far more attention in recent years.

La Vira - secret menu

March 2023 •Azerbaijani

"La Vira - the secret menu" documentary produced by the State Security Service in collaboration with Real TV

axiom

Invalid date •French

An auteur-director who wishes to make a documentary about Armenia imagines a fictitious character that has the ability to travel through bodies. The latter will alternatively embody: a young farmer that dreams to flee from the countryside to more urban spheres, a prostitute who is a survivor of rape, a narcissistic client, a fallen artist and finally, a resisting deserter.

Traces: People of the Peacock

January 2016 •Kurdish

Filmmaker Binevsa Bêrîvan travels to Armenia to capture the daily life, customs, and history of the country's Yazidi Kurdish community.

Big Red House

August 2024 •Azerbaijani

The documentary sheds light on the lives of children who suffered physical and psychological trauma due to the terrorist attacks by Armenia on the eve of the Second Karabakh War.

Be well, Caucasian gray!

December 1958 •Czech

Prémonition

April 2013 •Georgian

Endless Corridor

June 2014 •Azerbaijani

"Endless Corridor" is the definitive account of an agonizing human rights tragedy in which hundreds of Azerbaijanis massacred after Armenian Forces stormed the city of Khojaly during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. It happened in 1992, but the full story never been told throughout the world until now.