EXCLUSIVE: Screen can reveal the first trailer for Hilal Baydarov’s Sermon To The Void ahead of its world premiere out of competition at Venice film festival.

Sermon to the Void will debut on Friday, September 5 on the Lido. The film follows Shah Ismail, a man who embarks on a quest for the Water of Life, as the world is coming to an end.

Written, shot, edited and directed by Azeri filmmaker Baydarov, it stars Huseyn Nasirov, Maryam Naghiyeva, Rana Asgarova, Elshan Abbasov and Orkhan Iskandarli.

The film is produced by Baydarov for his Ucqar Film, with Carlos Reygadas for Mexico’s Splendor Omnia Studios and Burak Cevik for Turkey’s Fol Films.

It is Baydarov’s third feature titled Sermon To …, after 2023’s Tokyo entry Sermon To The Birds and 2022’s Locarno title Sermon To The

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