is a Tatar filmmaker based between Austria and Greece. Working across fiction, documentary, and essay film, she is drawn to intimate stories shaped by vulnerability, memory, belonging, and the search for meaning in times of personal and political rupture.

Her film, Anima, premiered at the El Gouna Film Festival in 2021 and subsequently screened internationally. Her hybrid short Permanent Center of Gravity premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2025 (Giornate degli Autori) as part of the Laguna Film Lab programme.

In 2025, she co-founded the Vienna-based film collective YOOL, where she is currently developing, writing and producing fiction, documentary, as well as hybrid projects between Austria and Greece.

Filmography & Festivals

• ANIMA

  fiction, 62min, 2021

  Festivals & Awards:

  Asolo Film Festival
  Italy, 2021 (Grand Prix)

  El Gouna International Film Festival
  Egypt, 2021 (Official Selection)

  Amur Autumn, Blagoveshchensk
  Russia. 2021 (Official Selection)

  Bideodromo International Film Festival
  Spain, 2021 (Silver Prize)

  Sputnik Over Poland Festival
  Poland, 2021 (Official Selection)

  VGIK Festival
  Moscow, Russia, 2021 (First Prize for Production Designer)

  Paris International Film Festival
  France, 2022 (Jury Prize)

  List-Off International Film Festival
  London, 2022 (Official Selection)

  Karo.art, Russia
  Moscow, 2022 (Official Selection)

• PERMANENT CENTER OF GRAVITY

  hybrid documentary, 10min, 2025

  Festivals & Awards:

  Venice Film Festival,
  Giornate degli Autori, 2025
  (World Premiere)

  Asolo Art Film Festival,
  Italy, 2026 (Official Selection)

  10° Festival internazionale Segni della Notte, Italy, 2026
  (Main award)

  Under The Radar,
  Vienna, Austria, 2026 (Austrian Award)

  Philosophical Film Festival,
  North Macedonia, 2026 (Official Selection)

  Bridges Peloponessian International Film Festival
  Greece, 2026 (Official Selection)

  Clear Rivers Short documentary film festival
  Belgrade, Serbia, 2026 (Official Selection)

  Φεστιβάλ Ταινιών Μικρού Μήκους του
  52ου Φεστιβάλ ΚΝΕ-Οδηγητή

  Greece, 2026 (Official Selection)

  Chania Film Festival

  Crete, Greece, 2026 (Official Selection)

  Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival

  Greece, 2026 (Official Selection)

  Mantova Film Festival

  Mantua, Italy, 2026 (Official Selection)

• WINE-DARK SEA

  documentary, 15min,
  in distribution

• PSYCHE

  fiction, 15min, in post-production

• ORPHIC DRIFT

  fiction, 12min, in distribution

• AXION ESTIN

  essay, 10min, in post-production

  
  

Liliya Timirzyanova

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