
Elchin Guliyev
Directing
Biography
Elchin Musaoglu [Guliyev] (Azerbaijani: Elçin Musaoğlu Quliyev) is an Azerbaijani theatre and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for the award-winning feature films The 40th Door and Nabat. In 2016, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Musaoglu is a member of the European Film Academy, the Azerbaijan Professional Film Directors Guild, and the Turkish Association of Documentary Filmmakers.
Known For

Akif's parents, Ahmet and Elnara, who grew up illiterate and without any profession, without love, took Akif out of school and were busy looking for a job for him. A poor family living in a poor house turn to Akif's drug addict uncle Azer, who is engaged in car repair, to provide him with a job. Moreover, Elnara's brother, Mansur, who works as a laborer, took refuge in this poor family so that he would be free from additional expenses. In the background of all this poverty and chaos, a murder occurs at home. The murdered person is hidden and is being searched for by both relatives and the police as a missing person.
Apathy

The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle.
Nabat

Azerbaijanian family has found Armenian boy in the forest and raised him. But years after he betrays his country during the war.
The Wolf Cub

"Short" tells the story of Sakhavat who lives in a village, where, according to a tradition, nobody allows their daughter to get married to someone who has never served in the military.
Short

Lolita is a bearer of two cultures, her mother is Russian, and her father is Azerbaijani. This is a subtle and piercing story about how a ten-year-old girl first travels to Azerbaijan to get acquainted with her father's parents. She wants to learn as much as possible about the traditions, culture and customs of her Azerbaijani relatives. Her first acquaintance with Azerbaijan is the subject of this documentary.
My Kith and Kin

Fourteen-year-old Rustam lives with his mother in a village; his father was killed by the Russian mafia. After his father's death, Rustam tries to provide for himself and his mother without resorting to illegal money-making schemes. But his dream is to join a music band. The title of the film refers to an Azerbaijani fairy tale about saving a princess from a house with 40 doors; no one has succeeded in opening the last door, and thus its secret remains hidden. The villagers have named their village the 40th door as well.
The 40th Door

Maryam, an immigrant living in the US returns to her small village in Azerbaijan after discovering that her father is alive and residing in a psychiatric facility. She tries to help recover his mind with her memories but the struggle against the disease turns into a fight with her own conscience.
Maryam
Azerbaijani short film.
My Father
The documentary is about the life and future goals of prisoners in prison for children.