YARAT Contemporary Art Centre invites cinema fans to the largest short film festival to be held on February 17-19 at 8:00pm.
The screening of the winter films will be organized as a part of YARAT FreeStyle Program, an open platform for everyone who looks to engage creatively with a broad and diverse audience.
The festival covers 90 countries, 300 cities, 6 continents and offers 1,400 showings per year throughout the world.
During its ten year existence, the festival has gained the attention of movie fans over a huge territory from Finland to Mexico. The festival gives an opportunity for professionals and newcomers all over the world to become a part of an international cinematographic community.
The Winter Season of Future Shorts includes seven films. Special guest is “Lost dreams” by Chingiz Mustafayev The language of the films is original with Russian subtitles.
The address of the venue is Bailovo settlement near the National Flag square.
YARAT is a non-profit art organisation based in Baku, Azerbaijan. Founded by Aida Mahmudova and a group of artists in 2011, YARAT is dedicated to nurturing an understanding of contemporary art in Azerbaijan and to creating a platform for Azerbaijani art, both nationally and internationally.
In 2015, YARAT (which means ‘create’ in Azerbaijani) commissioned YARAT Contemporary Art Centre in Baku – their first permanent exhibition space. YARAT’s program ARTIM (meaning ‘progress’ in Azerbaijani) supports young practitioners in the arts providing opportunities to curate and feature their work in exhibitions.
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