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Kantemir Balagov (b. 1991)

Alias:
Кантемир Балагов

Birthplace:
Nalchik, USSR (Russia)

Born:
July 28, 1991

Biography from TheMovieDB

Kantemir was born in Nalchik, Russia, in a family, unrelated to cinematography. Since childhood, Kantemir watched a lot of mainstream movies, and at the age of 18 began to create his own small videos. Then, together with friends in Nalchik, he shot an Internet series with episodes of 10 minutes each. He didn't originally plan to pursue a career of a filmmaker, but decided to apply for the cinema workshop, led by Alexander Sokurov at the Kabardino-Balkarian University. During his studies he made several fiction and documentary films. Some of Balagov’s short films were shown at the 67th Locarno Film Festival. In 2017, he made his debut as a director with the feature film Closeness in the program Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, where he received the prize FIPRESCI. In 2019, Balagov received the Cannes Best Director Award and FIPRESCI prize for the film Beanpole, which was presented in the program Un Certain Regard.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
2014  A Tree Without Roots

Assistant Director of Photography:
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  They abandoned me
2015  Tower of Silence
2017  The Life Of My Friend

Cinematography:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  They abandoned me
2015  Tower of Silence
2017  The Life Of My Friend

Colorist:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  Slightly Opening The Door
2014  They abandoned me
2014  Warm-Hearted Eyes
2015  Tower of Silence
2017  The Life Of My Friend

Director:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  Slightly Opening The Door
2014  They abandoned me
2014  Warm-Hearted Eyes
2015  Andryukha
2015  Still Young
2015  Tower of Silence
2017  Closeness
2017  The Life Of My Friend
2019  Beanpole
????  Butterfly Jam

Director of Photography:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  She Is Waiting
2014  Slightly Opening The Door
2014  They abandoned me
2014  Warm-Hearted Eyes
2015  Adiyukh
2015  Andryukha
2015  Still Young
2015  Tower of Silence
2017  Closeness
2017  The Life Of My Friend
2019  Beanpole
????  Butterfly Jam

Editor:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  She Is Waiting
2014  Slightly Opening The Door
2014  They abandoned me
2014  Warm-Hearted Eyes
2015  Adiyukh
2015  Andryukha
2015  Still Young
2015  Tower of Silence
2017  Closeness
2017  The Life Of My Friend
2019  Beanpole
????  Butterfly Jam

Screenplay:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  She Is Waiting
2014  Slightly Opening The Door
2014  They abandoned me
2014  Warm-Hearted Eyes
2015  Adiyukh
2015  Andryukha
2015  Still Young
2015  Tower of Silence
2016  Sofichka
2017  Closeness
2017  The Life Of My Friend
2019  Beanpole
????  Butterfly Jam

Writer:
2013  The Sky Seemed Too High
2014  A Tree Without Roots
2014  Army
2014  First I
2014  She Is Waiting
2014  Slightly Opening The Door
2014  They abandoned me
2014  Warm-Hearted Eyes
2015  Adiyukh
2015  Andryukha
2015  Still Young
2015  Tower of Silence
2016  Sofichka
2017  Closeness
2017  The Life Of My Friend
2019  Beanpole
????  Butterfly Jam

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