In 2000, the Departments of Film Studies and, in 2005, Literary Creativity and Screenwriting commenced their activities at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts (ASUCA).
In 2015, these two departments were merged under the title Department of Film Studies. In 2017, by the decision of the University’s Academic Council and taking into account the graduating specializations, the department was renamed the Department of Film Studies and Screenwriting. The department is headed by Honoured Artist, Professor Ali Amirli.
Academic Staff
- Ali Amirli — Head of the Department, Honoured Artist, Professor
- Kifayat Bunyadova — PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor
- Ogtay Hamidov — PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
- Gulshan Gafarova — PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
- Konul Yusifova — PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
- Ayaz Salayev — Honoured Artist, Associate Professor
- Hamida Omarova — People’s Artist, Professor
- Zakir Abbasov — Honoured Journalist, Senior Lecturer
- Nadir Badalov — Senior Lecturer
- Goychak Mahmudova — Senior Lecturer
- Ramil Alakbarov — Lecturer
Courses Offered:
Bachelor’s Degree Level
- History of American Cinema
- Animation Film Screenwriting
- History of European Cinema
- History of Azerbaijani Cinema
- Feature Film Screenwriting
- History of World Cinema
- Scientific and Educational Film Screenwriting
- Structural Analysis of Film
- Film Studies
- Introduction to the Specialization
- History of American Cinema in the First Half of the 20th Century
- History of European Cinema in the First Half of the 20th Century
- History of World Cinema in the Second Half of the 20th Century
- World Cinema of the 21st Century
- Film Theory
- Film Criticism
- Theory of Screenwriting
- Fundamentals of Screenwriting
- Music Video Scriptwriting
- Scriptwriting for Contemporary Television Programmes (informational, educational, entertainment)
- Advertising Scriptwriting
- Advertising and Social Commercial Scriptwriting
- History of Russian Cinema
- History of Eastern Cinema
- Script Editing
- Fundamentals of Television Dramaturgy
- Television Series Dramaturgy
- Television Series Scriptwriting
Master’s Degree Level
- American Cinema within the Hollywood Model
- Fundamentals of Feature Film Screenwriting
- Genres of Feature Cinema
- Contemporary Issues in Creative Practice
- History and Methodology of Creative Practice
- Current Issues in Screen Journalism
- Styles and Movements in Screen Arts
- Theoretical Foundations of Scientific, Educational, and Animation Film Screenwriting
- Systematic and Structural Analysis of Film
- Structural Analysis of Film
- Contemporary Methods and Concepts of Film Analysis
- Film Criticism of the 20th Century
- Azerbaijani Cinema of the 21st Century
- Cinematography and the Socio-Cultural Environment
- Artistic Means of Expression in Cinema
- Contemporary Issues in Film Studies
- History and Methodology of Film Studies
- Contemporary European Cinema
- Contemporary Film Criticism
- Genre Systems in Contemporary Cinema
- Scriptwriting Issues in Contemporary Screen Dramaturgy
- Contemporary Eastern Cinema
- Scriptwriting for Contemporary Television Programmes
- Theoretical Foundations of Auteur Cinema
- Development Trends in the Cinema of Post-Soviet Countries
- Structural Problems of the Script and Film
- Mastery of Screenwriting
- Script and Film Editing
Head of Department
Ali Amirli
Honoured Artist, Professor