Baku will host the 1st Italian-Azerbaijan film festival on January 25-30.
The festival will be held with the organizational support of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture, with the assistance of the Italian Embassy in Azerbaijan as part of cooperation with Ca 'Foscari University, Azerbaijan University of Culture and Art, Azerbaijan University of Languages, La Sapienza University of Rome.
The film festival aims to present the history of Azerbaijani and Italian film industries. Fifteen films, selected by the jury from both the Azerbaijani and Italian sides, will be screened at the festival, AzerTac reported.