FILM FESTIVAL ABOUT NAGORNO KARABAKH IN LONDON RAISED DISCUSSIONS.

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Sept 28 2007

Great Britain, London / Trend corr. G.Ahmadova /

Show of the movies in London by Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists
about Nagorno-Karabakh caused disputes and discussions. The main
reason for disputes became the movie the ‘Magic story about Karabakh’
one of the third movies shoot by Armenian journalist about the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the reporter of
the Trend News Agency reported from London.

The film includes six parts – ‘A Fairy Tale On Karabakh’, ‘A Tough
Nut’, "Swept Away By Life’, ‘Beetle-eaters’, ’13 Years Past’, and
‘Revival’. Three parts were shot by Azerbaijan and the other three
by the Armenians.

Twenty Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists have been involved in the
Dialogue Through Film project since 2006, which is the joint workshop
of the British NGO ‘Resources of reconciliation’, Inter news-Armenia,
Inter news-Azerbaijan and Khankandi’d press-club. Dialogue Through
Film is a part of the project of ‘Consortium of initiative’ engaged
in settling of conflicts.

The ‘Magic story about Karabakh’ distorts the Azerbaijani history once
more. The originally Turk character, Hasan Jalal, was represented
as the Armenian prince. The movie was awarded by ‘Golden Casket’
in the Russian festival.

"Everyone knows that the name Hasan Jalal is the Azerbaijani one,"
Haji Guliyev, the representative of Azerbaijani Youth Community in
London, said.

Each Armenian movie made hints about belonging of Karabakh to
Armenians, however, Azerbaijan demonstrated neutral position. The other
two Armenian movies by documentation officers ‘Swept away by life’
and ‘Tough nut’ is about misfortune of characters as a result of war.

The representative of Inter news-Armenia, Nunuh Sarkisan, said the
Armenian journalists aimed to re-consider the conflict.

Azerbaijani journalists represented three movies, ‘Beetle-eaters’,
’13 Years Past’ and ‘Revival’. ‘Beetle-eater’ is two residents of
villages spoke about their dislike to each other with humor.

Jonathan Koen, the head of the ‘Consortium of initiative’ said to
the Trend News Agency that these movies would not be presented in
Azerbaijan or Armenia. Several other stories will be filmed regarding
this issue.

The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in
1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan.

Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani lands including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts.

Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the
Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire
agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of
the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding
peaceful negotiations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress