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Hilal Baydarov (b. 1987)

Alias:
Хилал Байдаров

Birthplace:
Baku, Azeri SSR, USSR (now Azerbaijan)

Born:
January 1, 1987

Biography from TheMovieDB

Hilal Baydarov (Azerbaijani: Hiləl Baydarov; Russian: Хилал Байдаров; born 1987; Baku) is an Azerbaijan filmmaker, cinematographer and editor.  During his high school years, he won the national championships of mathematics twice in 2004 and 2005. In 2011 he lead the Azerbaijani team at the informatics olympiad. After a master in computer sciences, Baydarov studied at the Sarajevo Film Academy under acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr before going on to make his feature debut HILLS WITHOUT NAMES (2018), which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, the same year his documentary debut BIRTHDAY won the Docu Talent Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival. Since then Hilal has completed an award-winning trilogy of documentaries set in Katech Azerbaijan: WHEN THE PERSIMMONS GREW (2019) which won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary at the Sarajevo and the Interreligious Award and Special Jury Mention at Visions du réel; MOTHER AND SON (2019), which premiered in the main competition at IDFA; and NAILS IN MY BRAIN (2020) which premiered at Cinema du réel. His second feature film IN BETWEEN DYING (2020) became a participant in the man competition of the 77th Venice Film Festival.

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Film Production

Cinematography:
2018  Hills Without Names
2022  Sermon to the Fish

Director:
2018  Birthday
2018  Hills Without Names
2018  One Day in Selimpasha
2019  Mother and Son
2019  When the Persimmons Grew
2020  Nails in My Brain
2021  In Between Dying
2022  Crane Lantern
2022  Sermon to the Fish
2023  Sermon to the Birds

Director of Photography:
2018  Birthday
2018  Hills Without Names
2018  One Day in Selimpasha
2019  Mother and Son
2019  When the Persimmons Grew
2020  Nails in My Brain
2021  In Between Dying
2022  Crane Lantern
2022  Sermon to the Fish
2023  Sermon to the Birds

Editor:
2018  Birthday
2018  Hills Without Names
2018  One Day in Selimpasha
2019  Mother and Son
2019  When the Persimmons Grew
2020  Nails in My Brain
2021  In Between Dying
2022  Crane Lantern
2022  Sermon to the Fish
2023  Sermon to the Birds

Producer:
2018  Birthday
2018  Hills Without Names
2018  One Day in Selimpasha
2019  Mother and Son
2019  When the Persimmons Grew
2020  Nails in My Brain
2021  In Between Dying
2022  Crane Lantern
2022  Sermon to the Fish
2023  Sermon to the Birds

Screenplay:
2018  Birthday
2018  Hills Without Names
2018  One Day in Selimpasha
2019  Mother and Son
2019  When the Persimmons Grew
2020  Nails in My Brain
2021  In Between Dying
2022  Crane Lantern
2022  Sermon to the Fish
2023  Sermon to the Birds

Writer:
2018  Birthday
2018  Hills Without Names
2018  One Day in Selimpasha
2019  Mother and Son
2019  When the Persimmons Grew
2020  Nails in My Brain
2021  In Between Dying
2022  Crane Lantern
2022  Sermon to the Fish
2023  Sermon to the Birds

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