Hilal Baydarov
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1987 (age 39) · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
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.
Known for
In Between Dying
June 10, 2021
Birthday
October 26, 2018
When the Persimmons Grew
April 11, 2019
Sermon to the Fish
August 3, 2022
Crane Lantern
January 24, 2022
Nails in My Brain
March 1, 2020
Sermon to the Birds
October 26, 2023
Hills Without Names
January 24, 2018
Mother and Son
January 19, 2019
One Day in Selimpasha
October 27, 2018
Sermon to the Void
July 16, 2026
Behind the camera12
- 2026Sermon to the Void Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay
- 2023Sermon to the Birds Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2022Sermon to the Fish Director, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Writer
- 2022Crane Lantern Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
- 2021In Between Dying Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 2020Nails in My Brain Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Editor
- 2019When the Persimmons Grew Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Editor
- 2019Mother and Son Director
- 2018One Day in Selimpasha