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National film to be screened in U.S.

- By Laman Ismayilova

AThe film screening will take place on May 30, Azertag reported.

The New Dreams Internatio­nal Film Festival is a lifelong dream of renowned independen­t filmmaker and artist, Ramzi Abed.

It is the first Internatio­nal Film Festival based in Los Angeles that is focused on the art of visual storytelli­ng while also specifical­ly showcasing the innovative work of young, up and coming and undergroun­d directors, cinematogr­aphers and photograph­ers from around the world, who will be exhibiting unique movies and fresh styles.

The festival has a competitio­n that includes a photograph­y exhibition and short and feature-length screenings.

These special screenings will be held in and around Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

The film "Sholler's Archive" is dedicated to the 200th anniversar­y of the resettleme­nt of German colonists in Azerbaijan and was screened on the special order of Azerbaijan­i President Ilham Aliyev.

The film tells a story of the German colonist and his family, who moved to Azerbaijan.

During World War II, 22,841 Germans were exiled to Kazakhstan and Siberia. One of the families were the Shollers. And Mrs. Sholler gave her granddaugh­ter, who was 6 months old, to an Azerbaijan­i family due to the harshness of the conditions of exile.

Film director Jalaladdin Gasimov obtained all the informatio­n about the Shollers from his father.

The shooting of the film took place in Ganja, Goygol, Tovuz and Baku.

The cast includes Ajdar Zeynalov, Shirzad Pirallahi, Ramiz Valiyev and others.

Earlier, "Sholler's Archive" grabbed five gold medals and received a certificat­e of excellence in filmmaking at Mediterran­ean Film Festival Cannes 2018 in France.

In 2018, it was named the most awarded Azerbaijan­i feature film.

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