- Occupation
Director - Country
Azerbaijan
Safat Ilgar
Returning to Gobustan
Gobustan is one of the cradles of mankind. Petroglyphs of Gobustan are approximately 20,000 years old. All epochs have left their marks on these stones, from sacral signs of prehistoric tribes to inscriptions of Roman legionaries and people of the Soviet period. Tarlan has grown up among these stones, he has known them since his childhood. Tarlan will guide us around all ritual caves of Gobustan, showing us wonderful rock carvings, ruins of Sun Temple, sacred stones and other things that one can come across only in Gobustan.
Gobustan is one of the cradles of mankind. Petroglyphs of Gobustan are approximately 20,000 years old. All epochs have left their marks on these stones, from sacral signs of prehistoric tribes to inscriptions of Roman legionaries and people of the Soviet period. Tarlan has grown up among these stones, he has known them since his childhood. Tarlan will guide us around all ritual caves of Gobustan, showing us wonderful rock carvings, ruins of Sun Temple, sacred stones and other things that one can come across only in Gobustan.
Mammadov Ilgar Kamil oglu ( pseudonym Ilgar Safat) . Film director, poet, rock bard. Was born in Baku in 1972. In 1995 he graduated at Azerbaijn Pedagogical University on faculties “ Russian language and literature ”.
From 1995 to 2000 he was published in different Baku newspapers and literature magazines . Performed with his songs at various Baku and Moscow stages. Hi is an author of about one hundred songs. In 2002 graduated at the Higher Courses of Script writers and Film directors in Moscow: studio of Khotinenko . In 2002 he directed the film “Grandson of Mountains”, that within several years represented Azerbaijan in different cities of Europe in the limits of Caucasian Project. Upon completion of the Higher Courses within one and a half year he worked as film director at Far East News Reel Studio in Khabarovsk .In 2003 for the film “Roots of the Sky” he was awarded by Diploma and Award of Governor of Khabarovsk territory . The film “The Roots of the Sky” was shown in different cities of the world, it was the participant of many Russian and International Film Festivals ( NewYork, Leipzig, Prague, Augsburg , etc.)
In Germany the film was included in catalogue of the best ethnographic films. The film “The Roots of the Sky” is included into the library of American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA.