Oscars: Azerbaijan Selects ‘Pomegranate Orchard’ for Foreign-Language Category. Ilgar Najaf's story of the return home of a wayward son had its world premiere in Karlovy Vary last month.

Reportedly inspired by Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” the downbeat Azeri drama “Pomegranate Orchard” from Armenian-born director Ilgar Najaf is a deliberately paced tale with a ...

Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘Pomegranate Orchard’ Reviewed at Karlovy Vary Film Festival (East of the West), July 1, 2017. Running time: 90 MIN. (Original title: “Nar baği”) ...

POMEGRANATE ORCHARD. by Ilgar Najaf. synopsis. Gabil returns home to the humble family farmstead, surrounded by an orchard of venerable pomegranate trees; since his sudden departure twelve years ago ...

USAID shared a picture on social media of an Afghan man who the agency says started his own pomegranate orchard — but Twitter users were quick to point out that the image appeared to show a ...

Hamidullah, 35, a pomegranate buyer who goes by only one name, has purchased the fruit from Arghandab’s orchards and shipped them to markets in the city and beyond for the last decade.

Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘Pomegranate Orchard’ A deliberately paced tale with a visually mannered style that keeps viewers at arm’s length and distances them from the full impact of the ...