
Tofig Ismailov
Directing
Known For

The film tells the story of two people, a man and a woman, who are isolated at different poles of our society, where many moral values are being eroded. Although one of them is wealthy and the other is poor, they try to forget their loneliness with each other...
The Istanbul Plane
The film chronicles the ordeals faced by Azerbaijan’s intellectuals - from the Red Terror to the present day - depicting how, amid shifting social and political upheavals, they endure physical and moral persecution. It also explores human betrayal and the ways people adapt their identities to survive changing circumstances.
Hotel Room

Suraya, a young milkmaid from a remote mountain village, is searching for her fiancé Seifetdin in the city. She learns that he has long been married and has a son who lives with his elderly, sick grandfather, as Seifetdin is serving a sentence for hooliganism. Surya takes the boy to the village to care for him, but then Seifetdin's wife shows up...
Surayya

A story about ten years old Sona - a very talented young singer whose parents are not so happy about her singing.
I Compose a Song

The film is about the music teacher who came to the village to teach the children.
The Music Teacher

The talented teacher Shams arrives in a remote mountain village. He manages not only to establish a normal educational process at the school, but also to have a tremendous moral influence on the students.
Yellow Leaves in Summer

A biographic movie about famous Azerbajiani baritone operatic pop singer Muslim Magomayev.
Muslim Magomayev Sings

It is the story of an old man - Gulam - and the cherry tree which grew in his garden. As the story opens, the village children consider Gulam their best friend. But as the war wears on, Gulam directs his kindness and affection to his cherry tree, shielding the tree from the children who are starving. In the process, Gulam becomes very aggressive and eventually is seen as the enemy of the children. The movie shows how war can destory even the most tender and gentle feelings, as well as the most basic moral values of being human.
The Cherry Tree

The film is about the yard boys getting a little older and thinking about their independent lifes.
The Boys of Our Yard

After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Straight to the Volcano

A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married.
If I Die, Forgive Me

The novel was written by Ilyas Afandiyev. The film is about road builders.
Çarvadarların izi ilə

After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Straight to the Volcano

In 1919-1920, in the events of the revolution. The story of a mother's heart is from the pull and breadth. The strong and rich image of the mother separates from her son, and then boldly loses him, another guy takes her son. She believes that this child will come and replace her son, who will be worthy of her son. The mother tries to raise him as a brave, noble, and kind person, like her own son.
İntizar

The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes".