Cinema of Azerbaijan

Cinema of Azerbaijan
No. of screens17 (2011)[1]
 • Per capita0.2 per 100,000 (2011)[1]
Produced feature films (2010)[2]
Fictional9 (45.0%)
Animated2 (10.0%)
Documentary9 (45.0%)
Number of admissions (2011)[3]
Total77,000
National films6,600 (8.6%)
Gross box office (2011)[3]
TotalAZN 364,800
National filmsAZN 6,000 (1.6%)

Cinema of Azerbaijan dates back to the 19th century. Azerbaijan is one of the first countries in the world involved in cinematography.[4] The first Azerbaijani film was a thirty second long silent film called The Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat, which was recorded using the cinematograph.

  1. ^ a b "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference cinemainazerbaijan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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