Ali Isa Jabbarov
Production
Biography
Ali Isa Jabbarov (Ali Khakidani) was born in Baku. He studied at the Faculty of Cinema and Television Film Directing of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts (1996). He worked at “Azerbaijantelefilm” since 1994. In 2005, together with Aynur Mustafayeva, he founded the Darvish Producer Center, together with Asif Rustamov and Fehruz Shamiyev, the Azerbaijan Young Film Producers Association (AGFIA). Since 2005, he has been the director of the Darvish Producer Center, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Young Film Producers Association, the publisher of the analytical film magazine “Focus” since 2008, and the head of the “Focus” Creative Youth Cinema House project. He worked as a producer in Butafilm film company. He is one of the founders of the Association of Independent Cinematographers of the South Caucasus. Since 2009, he has been the secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan.
Known For
A young woman with a broken family is looking for happiness. She wants to remarry to get rid of loneliness, so she decides to use the Internet. The film also reflects the impact of the current transition period, economic and political changes on the intellectual families of Baku. But more women and their psychology came to the fore. The psychological crises of a modern woman, family relationships are reflected in the film.
Liars
Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the film follows a prodigal son who returns after 12 years. His reappearance at the family home in rural Azerbaijan significantly alters their way of life.
Pomegranate Orchard
Ali has not seen his father for 15 years. He rushes to his remote village with his family to say goodbye to his dying father. The hero, who had little contact with his father even as a child, is unable to say goodbye, but he does make it to the funeral. The hero, who suffers psychological shock from his father's death, confesses, undergoes catharsis, and becomes spiritually purified.
Knot
A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman who has her whole life in front of her and an old man ill with asthma who has only one more night to live.
Try Not to Breathe
Years after the collapse of the Soviet Union… The hero of the film is an actor of the provincial theater. The chaotic mood of the time he lived in directly affected his character and mental state. He suffers from depression. The environment, loneliness oppress him, he is in a state of psychological shock. He also loves his counterpart in the theater, Leyla. However, he cannot express his feelings. There comes a moment when he says “it is necessary to end everything” and leaves.
Theatre Life
The villagers, who think that Hasan is dead, believe that he has mystical powers when he opens his eyes. The subsequent course of events begins to unfold around Hasan, and is based on this mystical atmosphere.
Dead Hasan
The film tells the story of a writer-fantasist who is the author of a book called "The Last" about the end of the world. This book later creates sudden turns in the author's life - the writer unexpectedly falls into the lifeless world he describes in his work, becoming a living manifestation of his hero in his book.
The Last One
The host attempts to maintain control over a ceremonial dinner, but as guests quietly defy her order, the ritual begins to unravel into subtle chaos.
Ya Səbir
The film tells the story of the daily life and dreams of a teenage boy named Malik, who sells corn by the sea during the summer season.
Corn
The hero of the film is young Ali. He is beaten, called a coward... Even his close relatives call him a "little coward." To get rid of this nickname, he must prove his courage...