Official Selection - Out of Competition · 46th Edition
Sermon to the Void
BOŞLUĞA XÜTBƏ
Director
Hilal Baydarov
Country
Azerbaijan, Mexico, Türkiye
Runtime
1 h 52 min
Language
Azerbaijani
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
As the world comes to an end, Shah Ismail embarks on a quest for the water of life.
Cast
Huseyn Nasirov, Maryam Naghiyeva, Rana Asgarova, Elshan Abbasov, Orkhan Iskandarli
Screenplay
Hilal Baydarov
Producers
Hilal Baydarov, Carlos Reygadas, Burak Çevik
About the Director
He is a writer and director from Baku. While he was in high school, he won the national mathematics championships twice, in 2004 and 2005. In 2011, he led the Azerbaijani team at the Informatics Olympiad. After completing a master's degree in computer sciences, Baydarov studied at the Sarajevo Film Academy under acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.
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