At the initiative of the Guild of Professional Film Directors, with the support of the Actors’ Guild and the Producers’ Guild, the Azerbaijan Film Academy has held the ceremonial awards event for the Golden Fairy Professional Film Awards 2025 (Qizil P?ri) in the fields of cinema and television, Azernews reports.
The event took place at the Fikrat Amirov Conference and Concert Center at Khazar University and brought together leading representatives of the country’s film and television industry – directors, actors, producers, screenwriters, film critics, and cultural figures.
The Golden Fairy Awards honors the best professional works of the year, contributing to the development of national cinema and television arts, as well as supporting and recognizing the creative achievements of Azerbaijani filmmakers.
The winners of the Golden Fairy Awards 2025 were the following nominees:
1. The best feature film: ‘Heyat deyesen gozeldir’ – director Vagif Mustafayev – Azerbaijanfilm
2.The best director: Asif Rustamov – for the film ‘Mermer soyugu’
3.The best producer: Orman Aliyev – for the filmTagiyev-Neft’ – BMC
4.The best original screenplay: Hilal Baydarov – for the film’Sepelenmish olumler arasinda’ – Ucqarfilm
5. The best cinematography: Orkhan Abbasov – for the film’Heyat deyesen gozeldir’ v? ‘Meryem’ – Azerbaijanfilm
6.The best production design: Sabuhi Atababayev – for the film’Tagiyev-Neft’ – BMC
7.The best original music : Azer Hajiasgerli – for the film’Meryem’
8.The best actor: Hikmet Rehimov- in ‘Heyat deyesen gozeldir’ – Azerbaijanfilm
9.The best actress: Shelale Shahveledqizi – in tv series ‘Eqreb movsumu’ – ITV
10.The best tv series: ‘Eqreb movsumu’ – director Emil Guliyev, producer Yalchin Verdiyev – ITV
11. The best debut film: ‘Elvida Schmidt’ – director Ali-Sattar Guliyev – Mozalan
12.The best short feature film: ‘Qiz qalasi’ – director Aghamehdi Aghayev
13.The best documentary film: ‘Silahdashlar’ – director Nizami Abbas – Salnam?
14. The best documentary film (short) – ‘Shusha, sen azadsan!’ director Cavidan Sharifov,
producer Orman Aliyev – BMC
15. The best director (documentary film) – Fariz Ahmedov for the film’Sonuncu’ – BMC
16. The best animated film: ‘Narqiz’ director Mesud Penahi – Perifilm LLC
17. The best tv film (feature): ‘Sonuncu’ – director Ramiz Hasanoglu AzTV
18. The best tv film (documentary): ‘Fesiller’ – director Parviz Hasanov, AzTV
19. The best short tv film (documentary): ‘Azikh magharasi’ director Mezahir Hashimov – CBC
20. The best director of tv films- Rovshen Isakh – ‘Yuxu kimi’- ATV
21. The best editing- Asger Rahimov – for ‘Heyat deyesen gozeldir’ – Azerbaijanfilm
22. The best costume designer- Vusal Rehimov – for ‘Tagiyev-Neft’ – BMC
23. The best make-up artist- Adile Farrukhova – for ‘Heyat deyesen gozeldir’
– Azerbaijanfilm
24. The best sound director- Tariyel Hasanzade – for ‘Heyat deyesen gozeldir’ – Azerbaijanfilm
25.The best ‘Film Portrait’: – ‘Millet namine. E.K.bey Mehmandarov’
director Yav?r Rzayev – Azerbaijanfilm
26.The best ‘Film about film’: – ‘Ocaqov dunyasi’ director Iman Mecidov – Baku TV
27.The best cinematic work for children – ‘Men, Lale, bir de Sherlok
Holms’ director Rufet Shahbazov – ITV, KAC Media
28. The best student work (feature ) – ‘100 addim’ – director Shirin Ahmadov – ADMIU
29. The best student work (documentary) – ‘Renglerin kolgesi’ director Atakhan Aliyev – ADMIU
30.The best social advertising clip- ‘Vatana mahabbat’ director Khanlar Aghayev – ATV
31. Journalist Gulu Maharramli “for his contributions to the development of national television” (by decision of the Board of Directors of the Film Directors Guild)
32. Writer, screenwriter, filmdirector Anar Rzayev for his contributions to the development of national cinema (by decision of the Board of Directors of the Film Directors Guild)
The Organizing Committee decided to award five nominees with Special Diplomas of the Organizing Committee:
1. To the creators of the film ‘Soyuq gunesh’ – Director Elshan Zeynalli, Screenwriter and Producer Sadaqat Karimova – for a successful screen representation of multiculturalism and national-spiritual values and for successful creative exploration;
2. Babek Abbaszade, Director of the film ‘Nasir muallimli iller’ – ARANFILM;
3. Turkan Huseyn, Director of the film ‘Sonuncu foto’ – CHINARFILM;
4. Sultan Abbasbeyli, Director of the animated series ‘Balash’ – Anima Center;
5. Sabina Hagverdiyeva, Director of the TV films ‘Lampa’ and ‘Salam, torpaq’ – ITV.
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