Konstantin Bojanov (born 1968) is a Bulgarian artist and filmmaker.

Education

Bojanov graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in

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in 1987, after which he earned a master's degree from the

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. He later studied

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making at

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Career

After working as a visual artist throughout the 1990s in

, 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

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on six individuals from his hometown of

. Bojanov's first narrative feature, '' Avé'', screened in the

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section of the

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. His second feature, ''

Light Thereafter ''Light Thereafter'' is a 2017 Cinema of Bulgaria, Bulgarian drama film directed by Konstantin Bojanov starring Barry Keoghan as Pavel, a lonely teenager who is obsessed with the French painter Arnaud. Premise Lonely autistic teenager Pavel (Ke ...

'' premiered at the 2017

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. ''

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'', Bojanov's third narrative feature, was selected to debut in the ''

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'' section of the

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Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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*{{IMDb name, nm1965972 1968 births Living people Bulgarian film directors Alumni of the Royal College of Art