Hilal Baydarov
Biography
*1987, Baku AZE
Hilal Baydarov was born in 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijan. During his high school years, he won the national championships of mathematics twice in 2004 and 2005. In 2011 he leads the Azeri team at the informatics olympiad in Thailand. After a master in computer sciences, he left for Sarajevo to study film directing with Bela Tarr. His debut feature film “Hills without names” was premiered at the Montréal Film Festival in 2018, the same year he won the Docu Talent award at Sarajevo Film Festival for his film “Birthday”. “When the Persimmons Grew” is Baydarov’s third feature film which will première in competition at the Visions du réel film festival in Nyon.
Filmography
2023 Sermon to the birds
2022 Sermon to the fish
2021 Crane Lantern
2020 In Between Dying
2020 Nails in my brain
2019 When the Persimmons Grew
2019 Mother and Son
2018 One Day in Selimpasha
2018 Birthday
2018 Hills without Names