Novruz Hikmet

In 2010 graduated Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, speciality “film director”. Since 2010 has been living and working in the film industry in Kyiv. Directed independent short films, which were screened at the international festivals. As the 1stAD shooted several feature films that have been screened and honored at "A" class festivals. Since 2015 has been an active member of the organization "Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema" and works in the program department of the organization. Member of the Ukrainian Film Academy since 2023. During the second month of a full-scale war in Ukraine, co-directed the fiction short film IT IS QUIET HERE. which premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival. In the second month of the full-scale war in Ukraine, he co-directed the feature short film WHILE IT'S QUIET HERE, which premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival. In 2024, this film was released in Ukraine and Germany as part of the almanacs Love Above All by the Takflix online streaming service and Ukrainian New Wave by the Dovzhenko Center. Also performed as an actor in one of the main roles of the feature film LA PALISIADA, which won the FIPRESCI prize in the main competition program of the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2023. In the same year, as a director, participated in the Sarajevo Talents program. Currently working on the script for the feature-length debut, Hardsab. This project has received development support from "Talentpaket"-Funding Hessen Film & Medien and from European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films.