Quick Facts
Biography
Konstantin Bojanov (born 1968) is a Bulgarian artist and filmmaker.
Education
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.
Career
After working as a visual artist throughout the 1990s in London, Bojanov directed his first short film, Lemon is Lemon in 2001. This was followed by the 2005 feature documentary Invisible, which detailed the impact of heroin on six individuals from his hometown of Sofia.
Bojanov's first narrative feature, Avé, screened in the Critics' Week section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. His second feature, Light Thereafter premiered at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
The Shameless, Bojanov's third narrative feature, was selected to debut in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Lemon Is Lemon | Short film | |
| 2005 | Invisible | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Avé | — | |
| 2017 | Light Thereafter | — | |
| 2024 | The Shameless | — |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Cannes Film Festival | Camera d'Or | Avé | Nominated | |
| Critics' Week Grand Prize | Nominated | ||||
| Hamburg Film Festival | Young Talent Award | Won | |||
| Sarajevo Film Festival | Special Jury Prize for Feature Film | Won | |||
| Warsaw International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Won | |||
| 2017 | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Hivos Tiger Competition | Light Thereafter | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | The Shameless | Nominated |