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Konstantin Bojanov (born 1968) is a Bulgarian artist and filmmaker. [1]
Bojanov graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1987, after which he earned a master's degree from the Royal College of Art in London. He later studied documentary filmmaking at New York University. [1] [2]
After working as a visual artist throughout the 1990s in London, Bojanov directed his first short film, Lemon is Lemon in 2001. [1] [2] This was followed by the 2005 feature documentary Invisible, which detailed the impact of heroin on six individuals from his hometown of Sofia. [3]
Bojanov's first narrative feature, Avé , screened in the Critics' Week section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. [1] His second feature, Light Thereafter premiered at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam. [2]
The Shameless , Bojanov's third narrative feature, was selected to debut in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. [4]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2001 | Lemon Is Lemon | Short film | [2] |
2005 | Invisible | Documentary | [2] |
2011 | Avé | — | [2] |
2017 | Light Thereafter | — | [2] |
2024 | The Shameless | — | [5] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Cannes Film Festival | Camera d'Or | Avé | Nominated | [1] |
Critics' Week Grand Prize | Nominated | [1] | |||
Hamburg Film Festival | Young Talent Award | Won | [6] | ||
Sarajevo Film Festival | Special Jury Prize for Feature Film | Won | [6] | ||
Warsaw International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Won | [6] | ||
2017 | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Hivos Tiger Competition | Light Thereafter | Nominated | [7] |
2024 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | The Shameless | Nominated | [4] |
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