The Ministry of Culture commented on the allegations regarding the non-awarding of prizes to the winners of the "Support to feature-length feature film projects - 2022" contest, whose prize fund is 300,000 manats.

In response to APA's request, the Ministry said that the awards will be presented to their owners soon.

"In order to support creative persons and institutions operating in the field of cinematography in the country, to stimulate their activities, and thereby to stimulate the development of the national film industry, the relevant actions taken in the direction of awarding the winning projects selected by the jury of the competition "Support to full-length feature film projects - 2022" held by the Ministry of Culture the works are planned to be completed in the near future", the information says.

It should be noted that the winners of the competition are the following:

1. "Fathers and sons" - "Buta Film" LLC;


2. "Goodbye, November" - "Ultra Production";


3. "Kyfyl" - "Nova Gorica" ​​Cinema Center LLC;


4. "The man in the blue sweater" - "Mandarin Agency" Co;


5. "Holy cow" - "Narimanfilm" LLC;


6. "Olu Hasan" - "Ultra Production"