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Bulgarian film February enters official selection of Cannes Film Festival

Kamen Kalev
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The Bulgaria-France film "February" entered the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival for 2020. February is Kamen Kalev’s fourth feature-length film. He acts as film director, script writer, cameraman and continuity editor. The film is inspired by his grandfather’s story. It traces the life of man at eight, eighteen and eighty two years of age. Ivan Nalbantov plays the leading star in the film, cameraman- Ivan Chertov, composer- Petar Dundakov.

The film is a coproduction of Bulgaria and France. It is financed by the National Film Center of Bulgaria and Eurimages. Although this year’s edition of the Cannes Film Festival was cancelled, the commission decided to announce its official selection.




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