Education
Kalev graduated Le Département Image in 2002.
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Kalev graduated Le Département Image in 2002.
Kalev came to prominence in 2009 with the film Eastern Plays, earning him numerous international film awards as director and screenwriter. After graduating a highschool in his hometown Bourgas, Kamen Kalev spent two years in Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, studying at first photography, and then switched to cinematography. During his sophomore year he continued his education in moviemaking in the French state film school Louisiana Fémis in Paris.
Tokyo International Film Festival 2009Award for Best Director Warsaw International Film Festival 20091-2 Competition Award (competition for directors" first and second feature films) International Film Festival Bratislava 2009Best Director Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Kamen Kalev) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2010Best First Time Director.