Short film

White Blood

2012 · 13 min

A quiet, heartfelt short that lingers on loss and resilience, offering a gentle note of hope.

Directed by: Elmaddin Aliyev, Khayyam Abdullazadeh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Svetlana Hakimova, Vagif Karimov, Xanım Əliyeva

Overview: White Blood centers on a nomadic family whose way of life has been destroyed and a wife's resourcefulness in seeking to realize her husbands dying wish. The message is that there is always hope.

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Directed by: Elmaddin Aliyev, Khayyam Abdullazadeh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Svetlana Hakimova, Vagif Karimov, Xanım Əliyeva

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
survival
family
isolation
healing
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Elmaddin Aliyev, Khayyam Abdullazadeh
Written by: Elmaddin Aliyev, Khayyam Abdullazadeh
Starring: Svetlana Hakimova, Vagif Karimov, Xanım Əliyeva, Şövqiyə Əliyeva
Cinematography: Elman Aliyev
Runtime: 13 min
Country: Azerbaijan
Languages: Azerbaijani

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