{"id":2763,"date":"2026-09-05T19:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/?page_id=2763"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:38:32","slug":"sermon-to-the-void","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/en\/programm-2026\/sermon-to-the-void\/","title":{"rendered":"SERMON TO THE VOID"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Azerbaijan, 2025, 112 min., Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijani, Germany Premiere<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>

The final entry in Hilal Baydarov’s Sermon trilogy<\/strong>, inspired by the poetry of Mahammad Fuzuli, <\/span><\/span>Sermon to the Void<\/span><\/span><\/strong> follows Shah Ismail as he moves through a world already marked by destruction, searching for water. Death is inevitable, and yet every moment is still lived. Even while waiting for death, life creates its own rhythm, melody and poetry. The film becomes a visual immersion, with its beautiful imagery and dreamlike landscapes creating a world between life and death. It does not try to escape the fact of mortality. Instead, it confronts it. If death is inevitable, perhaps the question is not how to avoid it, but how to live fully with the knowledge that it awaits us.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Der letzte Teil von Hilal Baydarovs <\/span>Sermon<\/span><\/i>-Trilogie, inspiriert von der Poesie von Mahammad Fuzuli, folgt in <\/span>Sermon to the Void<\/span><\/i> Shah Ismail, wie er sich durch eine bereits von Zerst\u00f6rung gepr\u00e4gte Welt bewegt und nach Wasser sucht. Der Tod ist unausweichlich, und dennoch wird jeder Moment gelebt. Selbst im Warten auf den Tod erschafft das Leben seinen eigenen Rhythmus, seine eigene Melodie und seine eigene Poesie. Der Film wird zu einem visuellen Eintauchen, wobei seine wundersch\u00f6nen Bilder und traumartigen Landschaften eine Welt zwischen Leben und Tod erschaffen. Er versucht nicht, der Tatsache der Sterblichkeit zu entkommen. Stattdessen stellt er sich ihr. Wenn der Tod unausweichlich ist, stellt sich vielleicht nicht die Frage, wie man ihm entkommt, sondern wie man mit dem Wissen um ihn vollst\u00e4ndig leben kann.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Azerbaijan, 2025, 112 min., Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijani, Germany Premiere The final entry in Hilal Baydarov’s Sermon trilogy, inspired by the poetry of Mahammad Fuzuli, Sermon to the Void follows Shah Ismail as he moves through a world already marked by destruction, searching for water. Death is inevitable, and yet every moment is still lived. 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