YARAT WEEKLY TALKS: RAMIZ FATALIYEV:
18 Sep 15
YARAT WEEKLY TALKS: RAMIZ FATALIYEV
TALK TO US
YARAT Contemporary Art Centre will provide a platform for a series of talks around our YARAT permanent collection and current exhibitions featuring artists, writers, musicians, researchers, entrepreneurs and others).
We will ask public figures to share their opinions and express their thoughts about contemporary art and specific works from the collection and engage with the audience.
We invite you to become a partner in the discussion and join the upcoming talk to be held on September 18, 2015. The next session will be led by the scriptwriter and director Ramiz Fataliyev.
You’ll spend a memorable Friday evening learning to be more confident in expressing your views about contemporary art.
Ramiz Fataliyev (b. June 7, 1946 in Baku) is a film director and scriptwriter who graduated from VGIK (Russian State School of Cinematography) and wrote more than 40 feature films including “Family business” (dir. Nikolai Maletski), “Without witnesses” (Nikita Mikhalkoff), “ I loved you more than life” (dir. Rasim Ismailov), “An Umbrella for the Newlyweds” (dir. Rodion Nakhopetov), “The Scoundrel” (dir. Vagif Mustafayev) and others.
Ramiz Fataliyev directed two television series – “The truth of the moment” (2003, produced by “Servan Co., Azerbaijan) and “Count Krestovsky” (2004, produced by NTV, Russia) as well as a full length feature film “The Sovereign’s Destiny” (2007, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic).
Ramiz Fataliyev started working for “AzerbaijanFilm” Studio as an editor in chief in 1986, but only to be appointed to the position of the director a year later. He remained the head of the studio until his resignation in 1995.
In 1990, he was elected as a member of the State Parliament and throughout his political career has headed the ad hoc investigation Committee on Khodjali massacre and permanent parliamentary committee on human rights and interracial relations.
During a two year period he lived Moscow, Ramiz Fataliyev wrote a number of feature films and television series including “The Russian Five’’ – a project commissioned by the Vitali Fetisov, the Head of the State Committee on Sports and Physical Culture, Russian Federation.
Date: September 18, 2015
Time: 19:00
Venue: YARAT Centre (Bayil district, near National Flag Square)
Contact person: sayara.h@yarat.az or by calling 050 218 06 29.
