A young steppe dweller lives far away from cities, closely interacting with nature.His father (Ulu) teaches him all the tricks of the life in the steppe. Shortly after his father’s death, he meets a girl from the village. Upon meeting her a new chapter in his life begins, a larger, hither to unknown kind of life …
Laurels, awards and other accomplishments:
BIO-FILMOGRAPHY
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).
“TESADUFI GORUSH” (OCCASIONAL MEETING):
II Flagstaff International Film Festival (USA, 1999) – BRONZE AWARD
Ankara International Film Festival (2000)
XIII International Short Film Festival Clermont – Ferrand (2001)
XXIX Algarve International Film Festival (2001)
VI Forum Festival Moscow, (2002)
Minsk International Film Festival - Listopad (2002)
International Film Festival “Zolotoy Vityaz”, Russia (2003)
“Golden Lamp”. National Cinematographic Award, Baku (2003)
III “OFFensiva” Wroslaw International Film Festival, Poland (2005)
Special Prize of V Youth International Short Film Festival “Sesily”, Tbilisi, Georgia (2005)
“AZERBAYCAN KHALCHASI” (AZERBAIJAN CARPET)
Cannes de Festival – Short Film Corner (May 2009)
Day Ethnographic Cinema – Russia, Moscow (October –November 2009). Diploma awarded – “For the image of material culture”
5th Sardinia Film Festival, Italy (2010)
“The World of Knowledge”, 5th International Film Festival in Sankt-Petersburg, Russia (01-05 November 2010)
“Kharkov-Seren” International Short Film Festival, Kharkov, May 2010
“IZ GALA” (TRACE OF GALA)
Cannes de Festival –Short Film Corner (May 2010)
New York Short Film Festival (24-28 February 2011)
“Kharkov-Seren” International Short Film Festival, Kharkov ( May 2011)
Journalism Prize Award
NTERNATIONAL DOKUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL “Man and Earth”, UFA, (BASHKORTOSTAN – RUSSIA, May 2011)
VIII ALJAZEERA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, (DOHA –QATAR), 2012)
Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival (Philadelphia, June 30, 2012)
Special Mention
“AZAD KABUSLAR» (FREE GHOSTS)
Asiana International Short Film Festival (2-7 November 2011)
Festival in which this film has already participated:
2012
“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, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
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
PLATINUM AWARDS
Steppe Man (Azerbaijan Republic), directed by Shamil Aliyev
Director
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, 6-15 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
30. CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL (INDIA), Month March 2017, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM (ƏN YAXŞI BƏDİİ FİLM)
NOMINATED GOLDEN FOX AWARD
31. "CayFilm" Cayman Islands International Film Festival (USA, 30 june-03 jule, NOMINATED GREAT CAYMAN 2017)
32. ALANYA “KRYSTAL CASTLE” INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TURKEY, 01-09 MAY, 2017)
33. CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL BLOWUOP FILM FEST – 2017, OFFICIAL SELECTION
34. CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL (INDIA, 2017, GOLDEN FOX AWARD - BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
35. THE MOVIE AWARDS GODDESS NIKE FILM FESTIVAL. ANNUAL EDITION 2017. OFFICIAL SELECTION
36. CULT CRITIC MOVIE AWARDS. 2018 January Monthly.
Kolkata (INDIA)
Best Feature Film
NOMINATED JEAN LUC GODARD AWARD
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How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have
something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on:
(bwuahabioa100@gmail.com ) for the full details.
Have a nice day
Thanks God bless.
Mrs.Abiola Bawuah.