Early Feelings
Azerbaijan2024fiction18'Short Film Competition
The life of the 11-year-old protagonist revolves around football. The boy has a T-shirt with the name of his favourite footballer on it, meticulously collects stickers of world-famous teams and uses every moment to play with his mates on the pitch. The routine is interrupted by the unexpected death of a neighbour and a funeral ceremony attended by the family from abroad. Among the relatives, there is also a girl with dark, long hair. Suddenly, the boy can’t take his eyes off her... Have his mates noticed it, too?
- directed by
- Nurlan Hasanli
A screenwriter, director, and producer based in Azerbaijan. He is an alumnus of Sarajevo Talents and IDFA Academy. He began his career writing soap operas, mini-series, and fiction films for theatrical release, and later started directing and producing short films that have screened at international festivals. Alongside his work in film and television, he is currently developing his debut feature-length documentary, 'The Amateur Photographer's Family Portrait', which has been selected for platforms such as IDFA Project Space, CPH:DOX, Berlinale EFM, Ji.hlava New Visions, and others. He is a recipient of support from the IDFA Bertha Fund and a co-production award from Al Jazeera Documentary Channel.
- Producer
- Emil Najafov / Rental Azerbaijan (Rental Azerbaijan)
- Distributor
- Andrea Nassisi / Premiere Film (Premiere Film)
- Screenplay
- Nurlan Hasanli
- Cinematography
- Daniel Guliyev
- Music
- Kanan Rustamli
- Sound
- Sergey Netrunenko
- Editing
- Iman Imanov
- Cast
- Shafi Sadig , Tural Bakhish , Vusala Agayeva, Nur Vahbi , Huseyn Abdullazadeh
- Photo
- Trailer