Atanur Nabiyeva – Grey Zone
With the start of the second Nagorno-Karabakh War, people in the country started to align into pro-war and anti-war camps. People who did not support the war were isolated and condemned by society.
The film’s director, Atanur Nabiyeva, faced a similar situation during the war and decided to document how the dynamic played out in her family. After some villages were bombed, relatives living on the frontline also temporarily settled in the Nabiyev family’s house. The author positioned herself as a neutral party to this war, and sought to explore bigger conflict-related questions such as “Who is right?”, “Is it worth human death?”, “Could there be another solution to the conflict?” Sometimes her journey to find answers caused arguments with her parents. Atanur refuses to accept her parents’ views unconditionally and her position has irritated them to the extent that she feels “alienated” in the family.
Atanur Nabiyeva is a freelancer videographer and filmmaker. Nabiyeva is currently studying for master’s degree in DocNomads Erasmus mundus documentary filmmaking program. In 2019 she completed her BA in Radio Television and Cinema at the Istanbul University. She is the director of several short documentary films.
Filmography:
- Clothes (2019)
- Kirshan (2019) [Best Local Documentary award of DokuBaku 2020]
- Grey Zone (2021)
