Ucqar Film focuses on independent cinema. Knowing the difficulty of making films, it helps from the earliest stages of filmmaking right to the last step.
Hilal Baydarov
Hilal Baydarov is a writer/director from Baku, Azerbaijan. During his high school years, he won the national championships in mathematics twice in 2004 and 2005. In 2011, he lead the Azerbaijani team at the informatics olympiad. After a master in computer sciences, he studied at the Sarajevo Film Academy under Béla Tarr before going on to make his 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) premiered in the main competition at IDFA and NAILS IN MY BRAIN (2020) at Cinema du réel. After that, he made IN BETWEEN DYING (2020) premiered in Venice Main Competition, and CRANE LANTERN (2021) in TOKYO IFF. Then, he started to work on the WAR TALES trilogy and the first film SERMON TO THE FISH (2022) premiered in Locarno Competition.
Elshan Abbasov
Elshan Abbasov is a cinematographer/producer from Baku, Azerbaijan. He has a degree in economics and is one of the founders of Ucqar Film. He is a cinematographer and producer of IN BETWEEN DYING (2020) by Hilal Baydarov. After that, he produced Baydarov’s other films; CRANE LANTERN (2021), SERMON TO THE FISH (2022), and SERMON TO THE BIRDS (2023).
Orkhan Iskandarli
Orkhan Iskandarli is an actor/director from Baku, Azerbaijan. He has a degree in computer science. He is the lead actor in Hilal Baydarov’s feature films such as IN BETWEEN DYING (2020), CRANE LANTERN (2021), SERMON TO THE FISH (2022), and SERMON TO THE BIRDS (2023). He is now working on his debut film.
Huseyn Nasirov
Huseyn Nasirov is an actor from Baku, Azerbaijan. He has a degree in economics. He is the actor in Hilal Baydarov’s feature films such as IN BETWEEN DYING (2020), CRANE LANTERN (2021), SERMON TO THE FISH (2022), and SERMON TO THE BIRDS (2023).
