We make cinema about what makes us human.
Company
"Samur Cinema" film company
    Born in Azerbaijan.
    Studied at St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
    1997 - 1999 General Director of "Deboshir Film Studio"
    2000 - 2005 President of Saint Petersburg Fund "Independent Cinema Fund"
    2009 - 2013 director and producer in producing centre "DC Film"
    2013 - 2015 director of the TV channel "24DOK"
    2015 - 2018 director and producer in producing centre "Extsentriki"
    2018 - 2024 director and producer in producing centre "Author's Film Studio"
    Since 2024 General producer of "Samur Cinema" film company.
    Filmography:
    2025 – "The land where the angel stumbled", documentary, director and producer
    2022 – "Dagestan", documentary, director and producer
    2021 – "Majuli", documentary, director
    2017 – "Third-class travel", documentary, director and producer
    2013 – "My kith and kin", documentary, director and producer
    2013 – "Bela Rudenko. I am a happy person", documentary, director
    2012 – "Fellow travelers", documentary, director
    2010 – "Nomads", documentary, director and producer
    2001 – "Noah's ark", documentary, producer
    2001 – "The director - Nikolai Akimov", documentary, producer
    1998 – "The Iron Heel of Oligarchy", fiction, producer
    Special Jury Prize
    Third-class travel
    International Film Festival "Slavic tale”
    Sofia
    2018
    2nd Place
    Third-class travel
    International Tourism Film Festival "Dating Russia"
    Vologda
    2017
    BEST DOCUMENTARY
    Third-class travel
    "Intimate Lens", International Film Festival
    Napoli
    2017
    SPECIAL MENTION
    Third-class travel
    Campania Film Festival
    Campania
    2017
    PRIX MONDE EN REGARDS
    Third-class travel
    Jean Rouch International Film Festival
    Paris
    2017
    Special Jury Prize
    Third-class travel
    International Film Festival "Saratov Sufferings"
    Saratov
    2017
    Special Jury Prize
    Third-class travel
    "Eurasian Bridge", Yalta International Film Festival
    Yalta
    2017
    BEST DOCUMENTARY
    Third-class travel
    Der neue Heimatfilm
    Freistadt
    2017
    Best Feature-Length Documentary Film
    My kith and kin
    Türk Dünyası Belgesel Film Festivali
    Istanbul
    2016
    Best Feature-Length Documentary Film
    My kith and kin
    Zagreb Tourfilm Festival
    Zagreb, Сroatia
    2014
    Special Jury Mention
    My kith and kin
    LET'S CEE Film Festival
    Vienna, Austria
    2013
    Best Anthropological Film
    My kith and kin
    Russian Anthropological Film Festival
    Yekaterinburg, Russia
    2013
    Best Feature-Length Documentary Film
    My kith and kin
    International Film Festival “Message to Man”
    St. Petersburg, Russia
    2013
    Best Documentary Film
    My kith and kin
    Almaty International Film Festival "Shaken's Stars"
    Almaty, Kazakhstan
    2013
    Best Feature-Length Documentary Film
    Nomads
    Faito DOC Festival
    Sorrento, Italy
    2013
    Jade Kunlun Award
    Nomads
    World Mountain Documentary Festival of Qinghai
    Qinghai, China
    2012
    Golden Jean-Luc Award
    Nomads
    International Auteur Film Festival Kinolikbez
    Barnaul, Russia
    2011
    We make cinema about what makes us human.
    Company
    "Samur Cinema" film company
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