International Audiovisual Festival

The festival was held 7 times between 2001 and 2007.

Organizer: Azerbaijan Professional Film Directors Guild

I International Audiovisual Festival (“Young Professional” I International Audiovisual Festival) (2001)

Date: October 12-14, 2001
Chairman of the Jury: Rasim Ojagov

Winners:
Best Audiovisual Work – Grand Prix: not awarded
Best Film: A Dream That Turned into a Dream (Rovshan Ismayilov)
Best Documentary: The Violinist (Nasimi Aliyev)
Best Clip: Since You Left (Fuad Alishov)
Best Television Program: Captives and Secrets (G. Aliyeva, ANS)
Best Computer Graphics: “Spring” Animated Advertisement (Seyavush Huseynli, Soy Production), “Change Your Life” Advertisement (A. Abiyev, 215 KL)
Best Director: Seyavush Huseynli, Elkhan Jafarov
Best Producer: Ulviyya Konul
Best Cinematographer: Nadir Mehdiyev
Best Editor: Shahin Zakizadeh
Best Computer Designer: Samir Farzalibeyov

II International Audiovisual Festival ("Young Professional" II International Audiovisual Festival) (2002)

Date: October 21-27, 2002
The festival was held with the participation of 9 countries.
Festival Chairman Ayaz Salayev, Jury Chairman Chingiz Abdullayev

Winners:
Best Audiovisual Work: The Wall (Georgi Maskharashvili, Georgia)
Best Feature Film: Paper Concerns (Bogdana Smirnova, Ukraine)
Best Documentary: The Old Men (Valentin and Maxim Vasanovich, Ukraine)
Best Author TV Program: Businessmen - 4th Edition (Dmitry Bratyshev, Russia)
Best Clip: Mulberry Tree (Agil M. Guliyev, Azerbaijan)
Best Advertisement: It's Time to Say the Basics (Maksim Subotin, Belarus)
Best Computer Graphics: ATV (Soltan Production, Azerbaijan)
Best Student Work: Sleeping Beauty (Vera Yakovenko, Ukraine)
Best Director: Irina Sitkova (Glasses, Russia)
Best Producer: Nonna Muzaffarli (Episode, Azerbaijan)
Best Screenwriter: David Shokolashvili (Under the Sky) nothing new, Georgia)
Best Cinematography: Vadim Ilkov (Ukraine)
Best Computer Designer: Fuad Dadashov (Leader-design, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the Professional Filmmakers Guild - for the original solution of the work: The Magic Flute (Viestus Kairiss, Latvia) / Fairy Tale (Lyudmila Dubrovskaya, Belarus)
Special Award of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan - for creative searches: Narco (Samir Farzalibeyov, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the Union of Writers of Azerbaijan - for the original idea: Salt Lake (Vasif Mammadzadeh, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts - for a successful debut: Return of the Captive (Habiba Mirzayeva, Azerbaijan) / Fate (Sedef Bayburluoglu, Turkey)
Special Award of the International Tourism Center of Youth: Ideal Murder (Kamola Mahbubova, Uzbekistan) / Bank Kaspiyski (Akhan Satayev, Kazakhstan) / Sutosopeli (Mariam Kandelaki, Georgia)

III International Audiovisual Festival ("Young Professional" III International Audiovisual Festival) (2003)

Date: November 19-23, 2003
The festival was held with the participation of 11 countries.

Winners:
Best Audiovisual Work: In the Swamp (Maksim Surkov, Ukraine)
Best Feature Film: The Light of Your Face (Ruslan Korastynevsky, Lithuania)
Best Documentary: The Sound of Silence (Igbal Mammadaliyev, Azerbaijan)
Best Television Author Program: Fathers and Sons (Görkem Kiriş, Turkey)
Best Clip: Tango (Etibar Hasanov, Azerbaijan)
Best Advertisement: Nurbank's Deposits (Akhan Satayev, Kazakhstan)
Best Computer Graphics: Mbask (Soy Production, Azerbaijan)
Best Student Work: Doctor Rychik (Elena Boyko, Ukraine)
Best Animation: Next (Anatoly Lovrenishin, Ukraine)
Best Director: The Shadow (Robin von Wardenberg, Germany)
Best Producer: The Light of Your Face (Ruslan Korastynevsky, Lithuania)
Best Screenwriter: Foreigners (Ozan Onat, Turkey)
Best Cinematography: Post Punkt (Georgi Devdarani, Georgia)
Best Computer Designer: Ruslan Korastinevski (Lithuania)
Special Award of the Professional Filmmakers Guild - for the original solution of the work: The Voice of a Single Hand (Huseyn Javadzadeh, Azerbaijan) / The Shell of Time (Ahmet Kuchukkayali, Turkey)
Special Award of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan - for the creative search: The Missing (Maksim Subbotin, Belarus)
Special Award of the Union of Writers of Azerbaijan - for the original idea: The Night of Long Wheat (Maria Melnikova, Russia)
Special Award of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts - for a successful debut: Labyrinth (Asif Rustamov, Azerbaijan) / The Fundamentalist (Yevgeni Grigoryev, Russia)
Special Award of the International Tourism Center of the Youth: Lily of the Valley (Ayub Shakhabbadinov, Uzbekistan) / The Game of Love (Samir Kerimoglu, Azerbaijan) / The Wire Air of the Mountains (Kemale Musazadeh, Azerbaijan) / Trolleybus City (Beyn Zolitte, Lithuania) / Parade de mur (Tamara Sulamanidze, Georgia) / Kakhani (Lyudmila Dubrovskaya, Belarus)

IV International Audiovisual Festival (2004)

Date: October 26-30, 2004
The festival was held with the participation of about 90 works from 17 countries.

Winners:
Best Audiovisual Work: Libas (Giorgi Chalauri, Georgia)
Best Feature Film: Love and Potatoes (Nona Giunashvili, Georgia)
Best Documentary: History of the Provincial Theater (Ali Isa Jabbarov, Azerbaijan)
Best TV Author Program: Revenge of History (Zahir Ali, Azerbaijan)
Best Student Work: Oil (Tatyana Aliyeva, Azerbaijan)
Best Video Art: Visual (Zinaida Pasco, Azerbaijan)
Best Debut (Graphic Design): Metamorphosis (Fran Estevez, Spain)
Best Clip: Heart Beats (Giorgi Liponava, Georgia)
Best Director: Creator of Your Own Happiness (Evgeniy Grigoryev, Russia)
Best Screenwriter: The Door (Vladimir Kott, Russia)
Best Cinematography: Song of Fire (Mehdi Parizad, Iran)
Best Producer: Es (Ivars Zviedri, Latvia)
Special award of the media jury: Mime about life (Chingiz Rasulzade, Russia)
Special award of "525-ci qazet" - journalistic sympathy: Light filtering through colors (Emil Babayev, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts - for a successful debut: Winter Sea (Erika Tasini, USA) / Boomerang (Konul Huseynova, Azerbaijan) / Walls and Doors (Roman Bondarchuk, Ukraine) / About love again (Zamin Mammadov, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Guild of Professional Film Directors - for the original solution of the work: Vivid house (Niklas Dietrich, Germany) / Leyla's treasure (Pünhan Hasanli, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union - for an original idea: Something about my mother (Hatice Özlem Sarıyıldız, Turkey) / Catharsis (Yusif Guliyev, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Azerbaijan Cinematographers' Union - for creative searches: Catharsis (Yusif Guliyev, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the New Wave Producer Center – for creative pursuits: Catharsis (Yusif Guliyev, Azerbaijan)

V International Audiovisual Festival (2005)

Date: October 4-8, 2005
The festival was held with the participation of about 70 works from 17 countries.

Winners:
Best Audiovisual Work: Istehza (Raul Cerezo, Spain)
Best Feature Film: Aphelium (Mikis Mazarakis, Sweden)
Best Documentary: Journey on an Unknown Road (Hagit Keysar, Israel)
Best TV Authored Program: Song of the Sunset (Emil Chumabayev, Kyrgyzstan)
Best Student Work: Zil-Zal (Mahmoud Bahadir Er, Turkey)
Best Clip: My God (Punhan Hasanli, Azerbaijan)
Best Advertisement: Beer Chekhov (Mikhail Abkhazava, Georgia)
Best Animated Film: Bad Omen (Oksana Chernenko, Ukraine)
Best Video Art: I Shouldn't Bring Strangeness to an Unknown Place (Yonatan Vinitsky, England)
Best Director: Banka (Marina Gorbach, Ukraine)
Best Screenwriter: Ata (Karim Azimi, Iran)
Best Cinematography: Yashananlar, Juja music videos (Elmir Suleymanov, Azerbaijan)
Best graphic designer: Advertising headlines (Elrang, Azerbaijan)
Best producer: Aziz Juliet (Wendy Dent, Australia)
FERA special award: Dry land (Taras Tomenko, Ukraine)
Special award of the Guild of Professional Film Directors – for the original solution of the work: 76-108 (Victor Hoffmann, Germany)
Special award of the Guild of Professional Film Directors – for the directorial work: European Week (Peter Vadoc, Hungary)
Special award of the media jury: One day of the period of alienation (Kemale Rzayeva, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Khazar University – for the best debut: Angel (Rumiye Aghayeva, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the “525th newspaper” – journalistic sympathy: Get to know me in my poems (Gunel Shakir, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts – for the debut for: Steps (Gunel Najafzadeh, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts - for directorial work: Native among Others (Tahir Tahirovich, Azerbaijan) / Flying Plane (Murad Muradov, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts - for cinematography: One Day of the Age of Alienation (Rasim Nabiyev, Azerbaijan)
Special award of the New Wave Producer Center - for sought-after director: Wet Table (Sergey Provorov, Galina Myzkina, Russia)

VI International Audiovisual Festival (2006)

Date: October 31 – November 4, 2006
The festival was held with the participation of 76 works from 12 countries.
Jury: Shafiga Mammadova (Azerbaijan), Arif Maharramov (Azerbaijan), Nino Maglekelidze (Georgia), Jahangir Almazi (Iran), Alexander Koval (Ukraine), Jeanne Bertru (Switzerland), Peet Peters (Estonia).
Starting from this year, the “Amateur Film Festival” was held within the framework of the festival. Chairman of the jury of the Amateur Film Festival: Yalchin Efendiyev.

Winners:
Best Audiovisual Work: Speech (Nasimi Mammadoglu, Azerbaijan)
Best Feature Film: Smoke Horse (Majid Fathi, Iran)
Best Documentary: Liza (Taras Tomenko, Ukraine)
Best TV Authored Program: I Sit and Watch (Dmitry Myasnikov, Georgia)
Best Student Work: ElektraZenSuite (Alessandro Brucini, Italy)
Best Clip: Hands (Shota Kalandadze, Georgia)
Best Advertisement: Narco (Fuad Aliyev, Anar Melikli, Azerbaijan)
Best Animated Film: Lupe and Brun (Mars Rida, Anna Solanas, Spain)
Best Video Art: Entropia (Ozan Özdilek, Turkey)
Best Director: With Her (Naghi Nemati, Iran)
Best Screenwriter: Aqil (Babek Minagi, Iran)
Best Cinematographer: Vladimir Ivanov (Ukraine)
Best Producer: 37 C (Tamara Sulamanidze, Georgia) / Work, Breathe (Aynur Mustafayeva, Azerbaijan)
Best Graphic Designer: Triptych (Tamilla Ibrahimova, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the Azerbaijan Film Directors Guild: The First Oil Shine (Elmaddin Aliyev, Azerbaijan) / Gloria (Christine Lang, Germany) / The Bound (Diego Sanridria, Spain)
Special Award of the Media Jury: O.M.V.K. (Kristin Raup, Estonia, documentary) / Explosion (Saeed Abbas, Iran, animation)
Special award of “525-ci qazet”: The day I left my mother (Faysal Soysal, Turkey, documentary)
Special award of Khazar University: This longing (Elnaz Abluj, Azerbaijan, clip)
Special award of Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts: Strange coincidence (Nigar Aliyeva, Azerbaijan) / Short wave (Hasan Ciritoglu, Turkey) / I want to live (Nargiza Mamatkulova, Kyrgyzstan)
Special award of the National Television and Radio Council: Thought and Autoshow (Rufat Nazarli, Azerbaijan, TV show) / Becoming a Tatar's wife (Tatyana Mikhailova, Russia)
Special award of the Cinema Service of the Baku City Executive Power: Where is my soul (Murad Muradov, Azerbaijan)

VII International Audiovisual Festival (2007)

Date: 20-24 November 2007

Winners:
Best audiovisual work - no winner
Best feature film: Ticket, please (Lucas Figueroa, Spain) / Breath (Khayyam Abdullayev, Elmaddin Aliyev, Azerbaijan)
Best documentary: Music lesson (Andrzej Mankowski, Poland)
Best animated film: Toplu (Metafonava Gorlac, Belarus)
Best TV author's program: no winner
Best clip: Endless road (Samir Kerimoglu, Azerbaijan)
Best advertisement: Bonus Trink dog (Ender Sevim, Turkey)
Best video art: no winner
Best student work: 30 out of 128 (Patrink Döring, Germany) / The last bottle (Lyudmila Savchenko, Ukraine)
Best director: As simple as this (Karim Azimi, Iran)
Best screenwriter: Before and After Kissing Maria (Ramon Alos Sanchez, Spain)
Best Cinematography: No winner
Best Producer: Home (Ali Isa Jabbarov, Aynur Mustafayeva, Azerbaijan)
Best Computer Graphics: Eagle and the Runaway Computer Graphics (Ramil Ganiyev, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the Azerbaijan Film Directors Guild: Beyond the Greenwich Meridian (Yusif Guliyev) / Return to Gobustan (Ilgar Safat) / National Patterns - Graphics (Orman Aliyev)
Special Award of the Media Jury: Home (Asif Rustamov, Azerbaijan) / Esatyr (G. Liklikadze, N. Nozadze, T. Ezuqbaya, Georgia) / Dancing Pig (Elsever Samedov, Azerbaijan, Graphics)
Special Award of the Khazar University: Dolls, Men... (Tahir Aliyev, Azerbaijan)
Special Award of the Festival Organizing Committee: Yeni Dalga Producer Center (Azerbaijan) / Gulaylar Altın (Eylem Kazgan, Turkey) / 0:1 (Emin Efendiyev, Azerbaijan) / Spider (Corrine Bot, Netherlands) / Life Without You (Ali Suleymanov, Azerbaijan) / If This Plaza Were a Man (Diego Andrade, Panuela Sans, Portugal) / The Rise of the Cherubs (Heylika Vosu, Estonia) / Residents of 304 (Leonardo Cata Preta, Brazil) / Four Moments of the Day (Saso Niskas, Slovenia)