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Akhtem Seitablaiev
Born December 11, 1972 · Yangiyul, USSR (Uzbekistan) (age 53)
Crimean Tatar filmmaker. Akhtem Shevketovych Seitablayev, born 11 December 1972, is a Ukrainian actor, screenwriter and film director of the Crimean Tatars origin. He is the director of several high-profile films, including Haytarma in 2013 and Another's Prayer in 2017. He has expressed opposition to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and his films about the fate of several promine…
Known For
The Rising Hawk · 2019The Rising Hawk
★ 5.82019
MovieActionHistory
During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains against Mongolian invaders.
Haytarma · 2013Haytarma
★ 7.62013
MovieDramaHistory
The film tells about the tragic date in the history of the Crimean Tatar people — May 18, 1944 — Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The plot of the film — a pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Amet-khan Sultan. In May, 1944, a year after the liberation of Sevastopol, Amet-khan goes on vacation to his native town Alupka. On May 18 his eyes witness the beginning of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars.
Homeward · 2019Homeward
★ 7.32019
MovieDrama
Having lost his oldest son in the war between Russia and Ukraine, Mustafa resolves to bring the boy’s body to the land of his birth: Crimea. Together, he and his younger son set out on a journey that will profoundly mark their relationship.
Oh Mom! · 2026Oh Mom!
★ 8.52026
MovieComedyDrama
How much is contained in these two words—irritation, tenderness, laughter, love. And a little shame, when she knows everything about you. Even what you yourself have forgotten. This film is about all mothers and for all of us. About those moments when you say, “Mooom, don’t start”—and she starts. About the calls with the question, “Have you eaten?” when you are in a courtroom or on a date. About superpowers that work even thousands of kilometers away.
Cyborgs · 2017Cyborgs
★ 7.42017
MovieWarAction
‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand against the Russian backed militants until the complete destruction of the airport’s terminal.
Numbers · 2020Numbers
★ 5.82020
MovieScience FictionDrama
Ten figures walk around in a circle. All they have is a number. The “Great Zero” monitors them. Based on a dystopian parable by Oleg Sentsov, this film was created between Kyiv and the Siberian penal colony where Sentsov spent five years as a political prisoner.
The Daughter · 2024The Daughter
★ 6.22024
MovieDramaThriller
Seventeen-year-old hearing-impaired Olga, along with her father Roman, stepmother Maryna and younger brother Sashko, is about to embark on a dangerous journey to the west of the country to escape the advancing Russian forces. However, their house is suddenly occupied by enemy soldiers.
Myrnyi-21 · 2023Myrnyi-21
★ 7.52023
MovieWarDrama
The story of trust and its absence against the background of events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine in early 2014. The main topic is revealed through the prism of the Luhansk border base, whose fighters the separatists and Russian special services tried unsuccessfully force to betray their country.









