Bulgarian Movie Gets Cannes Call

Society » CULTURE | April 19, 2011, Tuesday // 14:10
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Movie Gets Cannes Call Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev and French actress Laetitia Casta during the filming of "The Island". Photo by BGNES

"The Island", young Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev's new movie, is to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it is selected for the special Directors' Fortnight in May 2011.

This is Kalev's second movie. His debut, "Eastern Plays", became the first Bulgarian production to be selected for the prestigious festival's in the past 20 years. It was selected for the Director's Fortnight in 2009.

French top model and actress Laetitia Casta and Danish actor Thure Lindhardt play the main roles in the movie, which was filmed on Bulgaria's St. Anastasia Island, formerly called Bolshevik Island, near the Black Sea city of Burgas.

"The Island" was listed in The Most Anticipated Films of 2011 in the influential French film magazine "Cahiers du cin?ma", alongside movies by Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.

The Directors' Fortnight is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, created in 1969. Fifteen of this year's 21 directors' pics come from Europe.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Culture » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: Kamen Kalev, The Island, Cannes Film Festival, directors' fortnight, movie, Laetitia Casta, Thure Lindhardt

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria