Hilal Baydarov

Azerbaijan

Hilal Baydarov

director, producer

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 Montreal 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 premiere in competition at the Visions du réel film festival in Nyon.
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