watch TrailerQaragh (Wake Up)
a film by
Suad Gara
20 min /
Short, Drama, Thriller
Azerbaijan
An ex-soldier suffering from PTSD decides to visit his mother in his remote home village to find peace of mind.
There, he participates in a mystical spring cleansing ritual set around a temple inside a 13th-century cemetery in the middle of the forest, where he encounters a mysterious little girl.
His innocent alter-ego brings him face to face with his inner demons and sets him on a difficult path to acceptance and redemption.
Cast
- Orkhan Iskandarli
- Suri Huseyn
- Rahila Shirinova
- Rivka Khripunova
Crew
- Screenwriter: Suad Gara
- DOP: Alisa Tarelicheva
- Editor: Andrey Klychnikov
- Sound Designer: Roman Kurochkin
Original Title: Qaragh (Oyan)
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
Astar Productions
Producer(s):
Suad Gara, Ismail Safarali, Ilkin Mahammadli, Jad Ben Ammar
- Baku International Short Film Festival
- Meta Film Festival, Dubai
- Aswan International Women's Film Festival, Egypt
- ShorTS – International Film Festival, Italy
- Marrakech Short Film Festival, Morocco
- Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival
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Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival
-
Nòt Film Festival
- Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
- Babel Film Festival, Italy
