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Akhtem Seitablaiev

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Born December 11, 1972 · Yangiyul, USSR (Uzbekistan)

Also known as Ахтем Сеїтаблаєв · Achtem Seitabłajew · Akhtem Seitablayev

Biography

Akhtem Shevketovych Seitablayev is a Ukrainian actor, screenwriter and film director of Crimean Tatar origin. He is the director of several high-profile films, including Haytarma in 2013, Cyborgs in 2017, The Rising Hawk in 2019, and Myrnyi-21 in 2023. He has expressed opposition to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and his films about the fate of several prominent Crimean Tatars have been praised throughout the former Soviet Union but criticized by hardline Russian nationalists.

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Awards & recognition

  • Honored Art Worker of Ukraine
  • Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
  • State Prize of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

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