At the meeting of the Board of the Azerbaijan Union of Filmmakers held on July 4, 2025, producer Emil Najaf and writer-screenwriter Parviz Seyidli were accepted as new members of the Union.
Emil Najaf was born in 1980. From 2010 to 2022, he worked as a producer at “Ultra Production.” During this period, he served as the executive producer for all projects either produced by the company itself or co-produced with other local and international film production companies. From 2022 to 2024, he served as Deputy Director of the “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio.
Filmography:
- While thinking about Sabir (Documentary) – Executive Producer (Director: Yavar Rzayev)
- Sattar’s Azerbaijan (Documentary) – Executive Producer (Director: Rafig Huseynov)
- A captain (Documentary) – Executive Producer (Director: Fuad Shabanov)
- Incognito (Short Fiction Film) – Producer (Director: Zaur Gasimli)
- Paradox (Short Fiction Film) – Producer (Director: Emil Guliyev)
- Hope (Short Fiction Film) – Producer (Director: Emil Guliyev)
- Holiday Evening (Feature Film) – Production Manager (Director: Toghrul Mammadov)
- The groom`s family (Feature Film) – Production Manager (Director: Ilham Gasimov)
- The Maiden Tower legend (Feature Film) – Production Manager (Director: Ilham Gasimov)
- Destruction (Short Film) – Producer (Co-produced with Elvin Adigozal) (Director: Igor Smola)
- Sermon to the Fishes (Feature Film) – Co-Producer (Director: Hilal Baydarov)
- The Fence (Short Fiction Film) – Producer (Director: Gulu Asgarov) – Winner of the Great Return Competition
- My Magical World (Feature Film) – Producer (Co-produced with Maria Ibrahimova) (Director: Elvin Adigozal)
- Maiden Tower (Short Fiction Film) – Producer (Co-produced with Fariz Ahmadov and Orkhan Dadashov) (Director: Mehdi Aghayev)
- Strangers (Short Fiction Film) – Producer (Co-produced with Orkhan Aghazadeh) (Director: Daniel Guliyev)
- I Was There Alone (Feature Film) – Co-Producer (Director: Emil Guliyev)
Parviz Seyidli was born in 1992. He currently works as a drama director at the Modern Education Complex named after Heydar Aliyev. In 2022, he founded the “PS Screenwriting Center,” where he continues to serve as the head. Alongside this role, he is actively engaged as a writer, screenwriter, and playwright.
Filmography:
- The Laurel Tree – TV series (Screenwriter)
- If it were not for you – Revenge – TV series (Screenwriter)
- The tulip palace – TV series (Screenwriter)
- Wound of the Soul – TV series (Screenwriter)
- The outsider daughter – in – law – TV series (Screenwriter)
- The Abandoned – TV series (Screenwriter)
- Simurgh – TV series (Screenwriter)
- The Lie Within the Truth – TV series (Screenwriter)
- Exposure – A difficult target – TV series (Screenwriter)
- beneath the plane tree – TV series (Screenwriter)
We wish both colleagues continued success in their future creative endeavors.

