Experiencing Interruptions?

Steppe man

One steppe man is living far from the cities closely communicating with the nature. His farther teaches him all wisdom of the steppe life. After his farther death he met with
the young woman who came from the village. Meeting with her is a new page in his life and a huge step into the big and unfamiliar life ahead...

  • Shamil Aliyev
    Director
  • Vidadi Hasanov
    Writer
  • Shamil Aliyev, Mushfig Hatamov
    Producer
  • Bahruz Vagifoghlu, salome Demuria, Vidadi Hasanov
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 19 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 10, 2012
  • Production Budget:
    1,000,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Azerbaijan
  • Country of Filming:
    Azerbaijan
  • Language:
    Azerbaijani
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • “ÇÖLÇÜ” (STEPPE MAN) 1.XXI “Kinoshok” Film Festival (Russia – Anapa, September 14-22, 2012) 2.VIII Eurasia International Film Festival (Kazakhstan – Almaty, 2012) 3.V Didor International Film Festival (Tajikistan – Dushanbe, 2012) Special Juri Diploma – “For Fairytale Reality” 4.XVI Black Nights International Film Festival (Estonia – Tallinn, 2012) 5.35th Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt- Cairo, 2012) 6.13th Tbilisi International Film Festival (Georgia – Tbilisi, 2012) 7.XXIV Ankara International film Festival (Turkey –Ankara, March 14-24, 2013) 8.XXII International Film Festival “Golden Knight (Russia – Khabarovsk . May 21-31, 2013,) 9.HUMAY – XXIII, National Awards (BEST FILM), May 2013 10.IX Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema, (Russia – Tatarstan, September 5-11, 2013) 11.XIV International Telekinoforuma "TOGETHER", (YALTA – UKRAINE, 5-11 September,2013), The movie "Steppe man", "Azerbaijanfilm", Baku, Azerbaijan, - "For creative research." 12.62th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (Germany, 31 October – 10 November, 2013) 13.IV Malatya International Film Festival (Turkey, Malatya, 15- 21 November, 2013) 14.13th Dhaka International Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 10 – 18, 2014) 15. 42th International film festival FEST (Belgrade, 28th February till 9th of March) 16. Short Lıst of Best Foreing Language Film 86th Oskar Awards 17. V Cinema Mundi International Film Festival, 20.02 -02.03 2014, Brno, Czech Republic 18. 15th Rainbow Film Festival, from Sunday 25 May to 1 June 2014, London, UK Awarded "Best Feature Film" 19. 3rd Madrid International Film festival 2014 (11 -19 July, 2014, Madrid – Spain) 20. Salento Beynəlxalq Film Festivalı (21-28 JUNE, 2014, Tricase, ITALY) 21. «FRIENDS’MOVIE » INTERNATIONAL FILM FORUM (September 21- - 25) Moscow, Russia 22. «INDIAN CINE FILM FESTIVAL- 2014. 27 September, Lonavala, Mumbai-Pune (INDIA) 23. «INTERNATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS - 2014», 24th September, Jakarta, Indonesia 24. 3. Van Lake International Film Festival, 23-29 september 2014, Van, Turkey 3. Uluslararası Van Gölü Film Festivalı, 23-29 sentyabr, 2014. Van, Türkiyə İNCİ KEFALI ÖDÜLÜ / PEARL MULLET AWARD EN İYİ CİNEMA FİLMİ –ÇÖLÇÜ / BEST FEATURE FILM – STEPPE MAN EN İYİ YÖNETMEN – ŞAMİL ƏLİYEV (ÇÖLÇÜ)/ BEST DIRECTOR –SHAMIL ALIYEV (STEPPE MAN) EN İYİ SSENARYO – VİDADİ HASANOV (ÇÖLÇÜ)/ BEST SCREENWRITER – VIDADI HASANOV (STEPPE MAN) EN İYİ KADIN OYUNÇU – SALOME DEMURİA (ÇÖLÇÜ) / BEST ACTRESS (STEPPE MAN) 25. AKBUZAT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of NATIONAL and ETHNIC FILMS, 27-29 November, UFA, (BASHKORTOSTAN – RUSSIA, 2014) 26. II NOIDA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL -2015,(INDIA – DELHI. 14FEBRUARY 2015) BEST DIRECTOR – JURY, SHAMIL ALIYEV 27. IX BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, (AUSTRALIA - BYRON BAY, 6-9 MARCH, 2015) 28. WORLD FILM AWARDS -2015 (INDONESIA, JAKARTA. 4-19 June, 2015) “GOLDEN WORLD AWARDS 2015”, Steppe man, directed by Shamil Aliyev - International film 29. BUCHAREST BLACK SEA ART FESTIVAL (19-25 MAY) Bucharest – Romania, CERTIFICATE OF HONOR
Director Biography - Shamil Aliyev

Shamil Aliyev – screenwriter, producer, director
Shamil Aliyev was born on June 26 1960 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
After graduating from Azerbaijan State Institute of Culture in 1989, he had worked as film director in “Azerbaijanfilm” state-owned movie studio. His first feature film “Confession” was shot independently.
As director he further worked on various national TV channels. Mr. Aliyev was an author and director of several projects on TV. Among them, “Film Media”, “Cinematography”, “Classicists and contemporaries” dedicated to such cinematographers as Alfred Hitchcock, K. Zanussi, Andrei Tarkovski and others.
In 1999 he shot his short fiction film “Occasional Meeting” (35mm).
He is also a founder and director of NURFILM Producer Center

Add Director Biography
Director Statement

List of films:
1. “ETIRAF” (CONFESSION) - Feature fiction film, 35 MM, 83 min, © 1992
2. “TESADUFI GORUSH” (OCCASIONAL MEETING) - short film, 35 MM, 26 min, © 1999.
3. “VETEN SERHEDDEN BASHLAYIR” (MOTHERLAND STARTS FROM THE BORDER) - documentary film, BETACAM, 30 min © 2004.
4. “BAL – ISTEDADLAR PLANETI” (Baku- European Lyceum – PLANET OF TALENTS) - documentary film, BETACAM, 30 min © 2005.
5. “AZERBAYCAN KHALCHASI” (AZERBAIJANI CARPET) – documentary film, BETACAM SP, 17 min © 2009
6. “IZ GALA” (TRACE OF GALA), documentary, HDV, 28 min 10 sec. © 2010
7. “MUGAM, SPIRITUALS AND OTHERS”, documentary, HDV, 11 min © Salname, 2010
8. “FREE GHOSTS”, documentary, HDV, 20 min, © 2011
9. “CHOLCHU” (STEPPE MAN), feature fiction film, drama, “Azerbaycanfilm”, 35 MM, 80 min © 2012