DIY Project
The Motherland
Directed by
Aisha Hajiyeva
“This story is not just about one woman but about all the women who have lived in these lands for centuries.”
A woman carries her invisible presence amidst the silence of the Caucasus mountains, with the echoes of abandoned suitcases and motifs of her roots. She travels as a memory of countless women who were stripped of their voices and names, displaced, silenced and resisted. The woman identifies herself and the women of this land with the Khari Bulbul flower, a fragile but resilient symbol of Karabakh.
Through nature’s embrace, the burden of history and life dissolves into soil, wildflowers, and wind. What remains is not despair but rebirth: a return to roots, to language, to the land that shelters and redefines her.
“The Motherland” is a poetic journey of women reclaiming freedom by dissolving into the timeless strength of the earth that once held them captive and now sets them free.
Monthly:
- August: Realism
- Best Character Study
- Best Character Transformation
- Best Coming-of-Age Film
- Best Cross-Cultural Narrative
- Best Cultural Documentary
- Best Depiction of Daily Life
- Best Environmental Story
- Best Existential Short
- Best Metamorphosis Film
- Best Narrative Based on True Events
- Best Natural Performance
- Best Portrayal of Mental Health
- Best Realism Film
- Best Redemption Arc
- Best Story of Healing
- Best Under-Represented Story
- Best Unreliable Narrator
- Best Use of Native Language
- January: Metamorphosis
- March: Voices of the World
- Most Emotionally Raw Moment
- Most Inspiring Ending
- November: The Human Condition
Zones:
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