Hilal Baydarov

Directing·Jan 1, 1987·Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

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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.

Film	Credit
Sermon to the Void2026 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Sermon to the Birds2023 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Sermon to the Fish2022 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Crane Lantern2022 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
In Between Dying2021 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Nails in My Brain2020 · Actor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Actor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
When the Persimmons Grew2019 · Actor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director, Producer	Actor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director, Producer
Mother and Son2019 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
One Day in Selimpasha2018 · Director	Director
Birthday2018 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Hills Without Names2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
SStone Over StoneDirector, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer