Asif Rustamov was born in 1975 in Baku, Azerbaijan. After studying at the University of Economics and the State University of Culture and Arts of Azerbaijan, he obtained a degree in directing at the Faculty of Cinema. He makes documentaries and short films presented and awarded at numerous international festivals. In 2014, he directed his first feature film “Down the River” selected at Karlovy Vary. He is also a screenwriter and producer.
On the occasion of “Cold as Marble” screening at Fica Vesoul, where it won the Grand Jury Award, the Netpac Award, and the Marc Haaz Award, we speak with him about becoming like our parents, the last scene of the movie, the protagonists, having a story that takes place largely inside a graveyard, fake mullahs, and other topics.
Do you think it's inevitable that we become just like our parents in the end?
Yes, it happens very often, even if...
On the occasion of “Cold as Marble” screening at Fica Vesoul, where it won the Grand Jury Award, the Netpac Award, and the Marc Haaz Award, we speak with him about becoming like our parents, the last scene of the movie, the protagonists, having a story that takes place largely inside a graveyard, fake mullahs, and other topics.
Do you think it's inevitable that we become just like our parents in the end?
Yes, it happens very often, even if...
- 3/24/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Azerbaijani drama “Cold as Marble” was one of the big winners of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. For “his powerful and nuanced performance as the mean and manipulative father”, Gurban Ismailov received the Best Actor award, and this is probably one of the most relatable prizes handed out at the night of the closing ceremony in Tallinn.
“Cold as Marble” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Ismailov gives “Cold as a Marble” the necessary weight when he appears on screen almost halfway into the film. Playing a rough, emotionless man who has just returned home from prison, he becomes the centerpiece of the narrative and its solid rock. His role is dark but not without a pinch of humor, and there is a heavy polarity between his passive-aggressive behaviour and the likeability of his witty remarks. The first encounter with the old man is shockingly natural,...
“Cold as Marble” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Ismailov gives “Cold as a Marble” the necessary weight when he appears on screen almost halfway into the film. Playing a rough, emotionless man who has just returned home from prison, he becomes the centerpiece of the narrative and its solid rock. His role is dark but not without a pinch of humor, and there is a heavy polarity between his passive-aggressive behaviour and the likeability of his witty remarks. The first encounter with the old man is shockingly natural,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Azerbaijani drama “Cold as Marble” was one of the big winners of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. For “his powerful and nuanced performance as the mean and manipulative father”, Gurban Ismailov received the Best Actor award, and this is probably one of the most relatable prizes handed out at the night of the closing ceremony in Tallinn.
Ismailov gives “Cold as a Marble” the necessary weight when he appears on screen almost halfway into the film. Playing a rough, emotionless man who has just returned home from prison, he becomes the centerpiece of the narrative and its solid rock. His role is dark but not without a pinch of humor, and there is a heavy polarity between his passive-aggressive behaviour and the likeability of his witty remarks. The first encounter with the old man is shockingly natural, like stumbling into a new, unpleasant neighbour and not knowing what to do.
Ismailov gives “Cold as a Marble” the necessary weight when he appears on screen almost halfway into the film. Playing a rough, emotionless man who has just returned home from prison, he becomes the centerpiece of the narrative and its solid rock. His role is dark but not without a pinch of humor, and there is a heavy polarity between his passive-aggressive behaviour and the likeability of his witty remarks. The first encounter with the old man is shockingly natural, like stumbling into a new, unpleasant neighbour and not knowing what to do.
- 11/30/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Swiss-Kosovar feature ‘The Land Within’ takes best first feature film.
Hilmar Oddsson’s Icelandic dark comedy Driving Mum won the Grand Prix for best film in Competition at the award ceremony of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), held on Saturday, November 26.
The Official Selection jury, headed by Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, said Driving Mum “charmed us all with its transparent, simple but bold film language, with its graceful sense of humour, with its unpretentious way of speaking about burning questions of personal life. A film which tells us that it is never too late.”
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Hilmar Oddsson’s Icelandic dark comedy Driving Mum won the Grand Prix for best film in Competition at the award ceremony of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), held on Saturday, November 26.
The Official Selection jury, headed by Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, said Driving Mum “charmed us all with its transparent, simple but bold film language, with its graceful sense of humour, with its unpretentious way of speaking about burning questions of personal life. A film which tells us that it is never too late.”
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- 11/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Driving Mum
Melancholic comedy drama Driving Mum sped off with the top prize in Tallinn this evening.
The black-and-white film, directed by Hilmar Oddsson, which sees a man go on an often surreal road trip with his dead mother in the backseat, also saw its Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits win a prize for Best Original Score.
The festival's Best First Feature prize went to The Land Within, a drama concerning the exhumation of a Balkan mass grave, directed by Fisnik Maxwell. Lithuanian historical drama The Poet, directed by Giedrius Tamosevicius and Vytautas V Landsbergis, won the Baltic Competition, while the Rebels With A Cause award went to José Luis Rugeles' Rebelion, about salsa star Joe Arroyo, while the Best Critics' Picks film was named as Jun Robles Lara's About Us But Not About Us.
The acting awards went to Antonia Zegers for The Punishment and Gurban Ismailov for Cold As Marble.
Melancholic comedy drama Driving Mum sped off with the top prize in Tallinn this evening.
The black-and-white film, directed by Hilmar Oddsson, which sees a man go on an often surreal road trip with his dead mother in the backseat, also saw its Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits win a prize for Best Original Score.
The festival's Best First Feature prize went to The Land Within, a drama concerning the exhumation of a Balkan mass grave, directed by Fisnik Maxwell. Lithuanian historical drama The Poet, directed by Giedrius Tamosevicius and Vytautas V Landsbergis, won the Baltic Competition, while the Rebels With A Cause award went to José Luis Rugeles' Rebelion, about salsa star Joe Arroyo, while the Best Critics' Picks film was named as Jun Robles Lara's About Us But Not About Us.
The acting awards went to Antonia Zegers for The Punishment and Gurban Ismailov for Cold As Marble.
- 11/26/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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