| Try Not to Breathe | |
| Director: | Alina Abdullayeva |
| Starring: | Fakhraddin Manafov, Dilara Kazimova |
| Music: | Ali Hasanov, Tora Aghabeyova |
| Cinematography: | Rovshan Guliyev |
| Runtime: | 15 minutes |
| Country: | Azerbaijan Switzerland |
| Language: | Russian |
Try Not to Breathe (Azerbaijani: Çalış, nəfəs alma, Russian: Постарайся не дышать) is a 2006 Azerbaijani short film directed by Alina Abdullayeva.
In 2007 the film took part at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[1] In 2008 the film participated at the Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival where the film's director Alina Abdullayeva won an award for Best Director.[2]
A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman (Dilara Kazimova) who has her whole life in front of her and an old man (Fakhraddin Manafov) ill with asthma who has only one more night to live.