Director

Alina Abdullayeva

Directing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1746911

IMDb ID: nm2652125

Known for: Directing

Born: April 7, 1981

Age: 44

Place of birth: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipro, Ukraine]

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2004 - 2014

Years active: 11

Wikidata: Q12835638

Also known as

Алина Абдуллаева

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Biography

Born in the Ukraine, Alina moved to Baku, Azerbaijan when she was 17. She has an MA in scriptwriting from the Baku State University of Art and Culture. In 2004 she awarded a grant by AVANTI (training program implemented by FOCAL – Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media) to produce her debut short Try not to breathe (Berlinale Talent Campus 2004, Best Director at Salento Finibus Terrae Short FF 2007). In 2006 she worked as a 1AD in Veit Helmer’s feauture Absurdistan (Germany-Azerbaijan, World premier at Sundance 2008). MOTOR production is Independent company funded by Alina in 2007 which runes several projects in the moment : woMEN is a gender and cultural initiative where female directors collaborate to make short films about man. The Matchmaker Feature in development is awarded Best Pitch at Tbilisi IFF, Development Grant from Goteborg FF Fund and has been selected for Berlinale Script Station and EAVE 2013. Animation Keep Hanging! Is nominated for the Robert Bosch Coproduction Prize 2013.