BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. Leyla Aliyeva,
Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder and head of
the IDEA Public Union, and Alena Aliyeva attended a series of
events held in Lankaran, Trend reports.
As part of the trip, Leyla Aliyeva and Alena Aliyeva first
joined the “ANIMAFILM in Lankaran” Festival, co-organized by the
Azerbaijan Animation Association at the Lankaran City Culture
Center.
The event featured the screening of the animation films
showcased at the 8th ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival,
namely “History,” “Money Talks,” “Nargiz,” “Soyuz Graviton,” as
well as “Boom-boom” and “Earth and Moon.”
In his remarks, Rashid Aghamaliyev, Chairman of the Azerbaijan
Animation Association, noted that the film “Boom-boom,” which was
presented to a wide audience for the first time, was based on the
motifs of the poem of the same name by prominent Azerbaijani writer
and People’s Poet Vagif Samadoglu, while the short animated film
“Earth and Moon” is a joint production of the Azerbaijani and Uzbek
animators.
Teachers working in preschool educational institutions of the
Lankaran district, as well as students, watched the animated films
with great enthusiasm.
Initiated by Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation, the event is of great importance in promoting
Azerbaijani animation art among children.
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