Durna Safarova

Películas

Tunes of Sanatorium
Producer
For thirty years now, a dilapidated house has been providing essential asylum to war refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. Three generations, including the children and grandchildren of people made to leave their homes, struggle to scratch an existence on the outskirts of Baku. They are faced with common problems: loss of home, outrooting, sadness and illnesses.
The Enigma of Faina
Director
The story about a woman who lost her life under suspicious circumstances in a prison in 2007. Silenced by the authorities and forgotten by society, Faina was one of a handful of outspoken female activists who fought for freedom, justice and democracy.
The departure
Coordinating Producer
An aspiring filmmaker tries to restore her fading childhood memories through someone else's travel stories.  One evening in front of a bar, Hunay bumps into an acquaintance, Benjamin. He recently visited her native country, Azerbaijan, which she had to flee in 2011 with her family for political reasons. A precipitous departure which has resulted in her feeling further and further removed from her hometown, family, and childhood memories every day. What happens when we can no longer return to our hometown, when our childhood memories are fading away? Can memories stay alive through someone else’s?