Kamen Kalev
Kamen Kalev | |
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Born | La Femis, Paris | 8 June 1975
Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
Employer | Waterfront Film |
Notable work | Eastern Plays |
Website | www.waterfrontfilm.net |
Kamen Kalev (Bulgarian: Камен Калев) (born 8 June 1975) is a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. Kalev came to prominence in 2009 with the film Eastern Plays, earning him numerous international film awards as director and screenwriter.
After graduating a highschool in his hometown Bourgas, Kamen Kalev spent two years in
Early works
As an author of short films, Kamen Kalev participated in numerous movie competitions and film festivals, earning some international recognition. He is also the author of more than sixty music videos and commercials.
In 2005 and 2007, along with co-author Dimitar Mitovski, Kamen Kalev presented two short films at the Cannes Film Festival––Get the Rabbit Back and Rabbit Troubles.
Feature films
Kalev's first feature film,
In the summer of 2010 Kalev started work on his second feature film, The Island, which he wrote, produced and directed. The film, which was mainly shot on St. Anastasia Island in the Black Sea, starred the French super-model Laetitia Casta, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Scandinavian actor Thure Lindhardt. The film premiered on 16 May 2011 in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
Short films
- Never Stop
- Orpheus
- Maltonius Olbren
- Get the Rabbit Back
- Rabbit Troubles
Feature films
- Eastern Plays (2009)
- The Island (2011)
- Bridges of Sarajevo (2014)
- Face Down (2015)
- February (2020)
Awards
- Tokyo International Film Festival 2009[1][2]
- Award for Best Director
- Warsaw International Film Festival 2009[3]
- 1-2 Competition Award (competition for directors' first and second feature films)
- International Film Festival Bratislava 2009[4]
- Best Director
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Kamen Kalev)
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2010[5]
- Best First Time Director
References
- ^ ""Източни пиеси" спечели голямата награда на фестивала в Токио" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Prizes". Tokyo International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Warsaw Grand Prix went to "Lourdes"". Warsaw Film Festival. 2009-10-17. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Bratislava International Film Festival". IMDB. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^ "Las Palmas Film Festival". IMDB. 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
External links
- Official website
- Kamen Kalev at IMDb