Kamen Kalev

Kamen Kalev was born in Burgas, Bulgaria, in 1975. He graduated from the Femis Film School, Paris in 2002. Kamen’s short films Orphée and Maltonius Olbren were presented and received awards at many international film festivals including Berlin, Clermont Ferrand, NY Film Festival, Locarno, Stockholm. His short Get the Rabbit Back (codirected with Dimitar Mitovski) was in competition in Cannes Film Festival in 2005. He directed over 60 commercials and a number of music videos. His feature film debut Eastern Plays won the Jury Award and the Kodak Award for Best Bulgarian Film at Sofia IFF in 2009, the Grand Priz at Tokyo, the CICAE award at Sarajevo, among other awards. It was also selected for Cannes IFF.

FILMOGRAPHY

2003 Orphée (Орфей) – short
2005 Get the Rabbit Back (Върнете заека) – short with Dimitar Mitovski
2007 Rabbit Troubles (Лошият заек) – short with Dimitar Mitovski
2009 Eastern Plays (Източни пиеси)
2011 The Island (Островът)