Portrait of Tatar film director Liliya Timirzyanova.

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 feature film, ANIMA, premiered at the El Gouna Film Festival in 2021 and subsequently screened internationally. Her hybrid short Centro di Gravità Permanente, premiered at the Venice Film Festival (Giornate degli Autori) 2025 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)
CENTRO DI GRAVITÀ PERMANENTE
hybrid doc, 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)