“In the list presented to us, there was no film “Odda – Two Sisters”” |

The German embassy says that the screening of the film was refused in Azerbaijan

From November 14 to 25, 2022 in Azerbaijan XII Europe Film Festival was held.
At the festival, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Francetwelve films from Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and Ukraine were presented.

Films in the event are in the original language, mostly English, as well Azerbaijan and presented with Turkish subtitles.

The films were screened at the “Landmark CineClub” and “CinemaPlus” cinemas in “Deniz Mall”.
On November 28, the German Embassy in BakuFacebook” page, information is posted that “CinemaPlus” chain of cinemas refused to screen the film “Odda – Two Sisters” (“Sisters Apart”), which was included in the festival. did.

“Unfortunately, the cinema’s film could not be shown at the EU Film Festival due to a short delay,” the information said.

It was noted that the film will be shown at “Landmark CineClub” on December 5.

The film tells about the events that happened to a young girl of Kurdish-Iraqi origin named Rojda. He is a soldier of the German Armed Forces. A young girl attacks her destination in Iraq to find her missing sister.
The director of the film, Dafna Charizani, is Greek and lived in Germany.

“Report” claims that the film Azerbaijan The plot is the reason why the cinema refused to show it is linear.

So the cinema is anti-Turkey did not release the film due to its subject.

Narmin Hasanova from the press service of “CinemaPlus” chain of cinemas clarified the issue through Meydan TV and denied what was said.

He said that the list presented to them did not include the film “Odda – Iki baçi” (“Sisters apart”):

“Europe When the festival was held, we were given films on the list. This movie was not listed. They presented it later, and we refused. We cannot show the film on our own. The films to be shown in our cinemas are first approved by the Ministry of Culture. The second reason for our refusal was related to technical factors. It would take time to translate and show the film.”

in Azerbaijan Europe Film Festival 2010has been held since

This year’s festival was jointly organized by the representation of the European Union (EU) in Azerbaijan, the accredited embassies of the EU member states in Azerbaijan, The Landmark hotel and business center, and CinemaPlus cinema chain.