Acting

Shamil Suleymanli

Born 1955-05-11 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

Acting credits

Down the River poster
8.5

Young Ruslan rows for a team coached by his father Ali, who places many demands upon his son and is continually dissatisfied by his performance. But when tragedy strikes, his father is overcome with emotions he doesn’t know how to deal with. Debut director Asif Rustamov treats the heavy topic with remarkable subtlety and discretion, emphasizing the characters’ carefully elaborated psychology.

Down the River

2014

Steppe Man poster
6.5

One steppe man is living far from the cities closely communicating with the nature. His father teaches him all wisdom of the steppe life. After his father’s death he meets a young woman, who comes from the village. Meeting her is a new page in his life and a huge step into the big and unfamiliar life ahead...

Steppe Man

2012

Hotel Loo poster
10.0

Murad is a well-known psychologist, appears as an expert on various social programs. A famous singer named Aliya seduces Murad and they decide to spend their first night at a hotel. Murad, in a fit of passion, involuntarily grabs Aliya by the throat and squeezes her tightly. As a result, Aliya faints from excitement. Murad thinks that Aliya is dead and panics. He looks for ways out of this difficult situation. Finally, he is forced to call his wife, Sabina, a forensic expert, for help...

Hotel Loo

2025

The Dream poster
5.0

A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself.

The Dream

2001

Hey, Brilliant! poster
NR

Shirin unwittingly becomes entangled in a mafia heist when she comes across a stolen medallion, prompting her and her friends - relatives Şəmi, Şöşü, Fəlakət and herself - to fall into the clutches of mob boss Hacı. As they struggle to free themselves, rival gangster Topal steps in, further complicating their desperate bid for survival.

Hey, Brilliant!

2015

Salt, Pepper to Taste poster
NR

A young woman seeks escape from the suffocating atmosphere at home and the Azerbaijani capital Baku is portrayed as a wonderful, blue-grey intermediate zone where modernity and tradition collide. In the words of Allen Ginsberg: "None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway."

Salt, Pepper to Taste

2019

Mübariz poster
NR

The life and path of Mubariz Ibrahimov, The National Hero of Azerbaijan.

Mübariz

2023

Olimpia poster
NR

The film tells the heartwarming tale of Ilgar Suleymanov, a former Olympic medalist who has settled into a quiet life in his hometown. Despite having close friends and a love for fishing, Ilgar is haunted by his loneliness and lack of direction. However, when an unexpected visitor arrives at his doorstep, Ilgar's life takes an exciting and unexpected turn, leading him on a journey that will take him from Azerbaijan to the distant shores of Cuba. This poignant and uplifting film explores the universal themes of friendship, love, and the search for meaning in a touching and unforgettable way.

Olimpia

2021

Sariyya poster
NR

For eighth-grade honor student Sariyya, her wedding and the geography olympiad fall on the same day. The film tells the story of a 14-year-old girl's struggle for education against her family's expectations.

Sariyya

2024

Etiraf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Etiraf

1992

Trap poster
7.0

The film takes place in Karabakh, where Baku students come to help build a settlement for refugees. Among them are two young lovers, Tural and Gunel. One night, they witness a failed sabotage attempt by Armenian militants, which Tural manages to record on his video camera. The footage shows explosions, armed extremists, and an unmarked helicopter, becoming key evidence. Realizing this, the enemies decide to eliminate the unwanted witness.

Trap

1990

Hail poster
8.0

The film based on Agil Abbas's novel about Nagorno-Karabakh War. The film tells about the heroism of the sons of Azerbaijan, who fought for the Motherland to the last drop of blood in spite of everything in the Karabakh war.

Hail

2012

Behind the Scenes: I've Been Here Alone poster
9.0

Hasan (33), who works as a sales manager in a construction company, and his wife Farida (30) have not been able to have children for a long time. After a doctor's examination, Hasan learns that he is infertile. But Hasan, who is afraid of harming his masculinity, hides this information from his wife. At the insistence of Hasan's mother, who thinks that the problem is in Sevda, they go to a midwife who lives in a village for treatment.

Behind the Scenes: I've Been Here Alone

2023

Uzeyir's Life poster
5.2

The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.

Uzeyir's Life

1981

No artwork available
NR

The events coincide with the last day of the year. Vagif, who retired a few years ago, returns from playing chess with his former deputy, who is also a recluse, and picks up a woman he knows from afar in his car. From the phone calls they receive on the way, it becomes clear that the passenger's son, just like Vagif's daughter, lives abroad with his family. During the conversation, it also becomes clear that this woman is Nigar, Vagif's former classmate with whom he studied for half a year and his first love, to whom he never had the chance to confess his love. Both of them are now widows. The day, which continues with surprise meetings, ends with both of them attending the New Year's celebration with other former classmates and their grandchildren Banuchichek and Beyrak, who came from abroad to spend the holiday with them.

Brand New Year

2024

Diploma Thesis poster
NR

The sculptor Mahmud, an art student comes to his grandmother's village for vacation. He chooses his cousin Zumrad as a living model for his diploma work. When the work has finished, the relatives of Zumrad demand Mahmud to marry her. A young artist runs away. After all, he can't marry all the models he's working with...

Diploma Thesis

1979

No artwork available
NR

The film tells the story of young girls being lured abroad through social media, where their organs are removed, sold, and subjected to sexual exploitation.

Angels' Salvation

2020

Baku, I Love You poster
9.0

The film anthology includes 10 short films: "Asia", "Meeting", "Artist", "Yard", "Bahram Gur", "Lottery Ticket", "Caspian Atlantis", "About love", "Aysel" and "Coincidence". Each screenplay in the project reflects different moments in the life of Baku. Short films bring to life relationships between people, their love and longing, happy and sad moments. The main hero uniting these people, relations and different moments of life is the city of Baku.

Baku, I Love You

2015

Son-in-Law VS Father-in-Law poster
NR

Sakit, the father of three daughters, cannot accept that they have already grown up and reached the age to start a family. For him, his daughters are still little children. When Sakit finds out that his eldest daughter Lala and his middle daughter Jala have someone they love, he cannot find peace. Instead of accepting the prospective sons-in-law, Sakit begins to put them through increasingly difficult and funny trials, one after another. Caught between being a father and being a father-in-law, Sakit tries both to protect his daughters and not to stand in the way of love. At the same time, he himself is still being tested by his father-in-law, Vidadi.

Son-in-Law VS Father-in-Law

2026

No artwork available
NR

The film is dedicated to the dear memory of the imam-community of the Mashadi Dadash Mosque, theologian Haji Shahin Hasanli.

Qaranlıqdan nura

2023

The Last Supper poster
NR

The sudden death of his father at a dinner party organized on the eve of Alakbar's wedding, which is about to be married, creates an atmosphere of mourning instead of celebration, setting the rest of the film on a family's grieving and reliving emotions.

The Last Supper

2022

No artwork available
NR

The film is based on a story inspired by ancient history and mythological elements. The plot follows several young heroes who embark on a difficult and dangerous journey to obtain the ancient and symbolically significant sword, Akinak. Throughout their adventure, they face various challenges and come to understand the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, and courage. The film places special emphasis on themes of adventure and patriotism.

AKINAK

2026

Qaragöz poster
NR

Qara is a famous actor, genius at his work, a good person, but he is very frugal, extremely tight-lipped. Due to this nature, he is alone in life. But one day, his son, whom he never knew he had, comes to him and his life changes. Qara starts to like Nigar, his sidekick on stage. Of course, since everything comes down to money, he wants to hide this desire. While Qara is struggling to survive in this expensive world, one day he is faced with a choice between money and life.

Qaragöz

2018

The Kidnapping of Groom poster
6.3

Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan.

The Kidnapping of Groom

1985