DOCU/PRO People

Kenan Aliyev

DOCU/PRO Expert: MEET PROFESSIONALS & UKRAINIAN DOC PREVIEW

Kenan Aliyev has been the Executive Editor of Current Time TV, the 24/7 Russian-language digital and TV network since 2014; he is responsible for the network’s strategy on content acquisitions and commissioning.

 

Under his supervision, Current Time has commissioned 14 films since 2017, including Putin’s Witnesses by Vitaly Mansky and State Funeral by Sergei Loznitsa. Both films, together with numerous other feature-length documentaries by some of the newest emerging talents in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere, have attracted wide acclaim and honours at international film festivals.

 

Aliyev also oversaw the production of the documentary series InterNyet, an account of the Russian Internet by famous Russian journalist Andrei Loshak. Prior to his current position, Aliyev was instrumental in launching the Current Time network in 2014. He is a former director of RFE/RL’s award-winning Azerbaijani Service.