Festival 3 Continents
Compétition internationale
47th edition
NOV. 21>29, 2025, Nantes France

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The Return of the Projectionist

by Orkhan AGHAZADEH

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In a remote village in Azerbaijan, former projectionist Samid and aspiring filmmaker Ayaz, 50 years his younger, are both cinema buffs. Realising that they share this passion, they decide to organise a screening for the villagers, but to do so, they need to send for a new light bulb for the projector.  As they wait, Samid and Ayad comb the countryside busying themselves with preparations which the film depicts as offbeat, inventive, don-quichotte-like, vagabond gestures. We see the obstinacy of these aficionados, their mutual assistance, their friendship. Yet in their wake, mistrust is also growing, prompted by what appears as a futile activity. With this debut feature, Orkhan Aghazadeh films the wellsprings of a relationship lived out through the prism of cinema – this slight detour that haunts the imagination and guides bodies and souls through the world as it is. FM

SESSIONS

NANTES

KATORZA
MON 18 > 6 pm
WED 20 > 6.30 pm · in presence of Orkhan AGHAZADEH (+ Q&A)
FR 22 > 3pm · in presence of Orkhan AGHAZADEH

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BOUGUENAIS

LE BEAULIEU
SUN 17 NOV > 6:00pm
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HÉRIC

LE GÉN’ÉRIC
TUESDAY 19 NOV > 8:30pm
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PORNIC

CINÉMA TOILES DE RETZ
SUN 19 NOV > 9pm
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PORNICHET

LA TOILE DE MER
SAT 23 NOV > 6.30pm
Screening followed by a meal
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LA TURBALLE

CINÉMA ATLANTIC
THU 21 NOV > 6.30pm
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SAINT-HERBLAIN

CINÉMA LUTÉTIA
FRIDAY 22 NOV > 6.30pm
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SAINT-MICHEL-CHEF-CHEF

LE SAINT MICHEL
MON 18 NOV > 8.30pm
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  • Titre français
    Le Retour du projectionniste
  • Titre international
    The Return of the Projectionist
  • Scénario
    Orkhan AGHAZADEH
  • Photo
    Daniel GULIYEV
  • Montage
    Nicole SCHMEIER
  • Son
    Morteza NAJAFLO, Antonin DALMASSO
  • Interprétation
    Samidullah IDRISOV, Ayaz KHALIGOV
  • Production
    Kidam, Litchtblick Film
  • Print
    Kidam (Alice Brézet) : alice@kidam.net
  • Support de projection
    DCP
  • Sous-titrage
    VOSTF, VOST électronique

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