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Petar Valchanov
Petar Valchanov (Bulgarian: Петър Вълчанов) is a Bulgarian filmmaker. He is best known for his feature films The Lesson (2014), Glory (2016), The Father (2019), and Triumph (2024).
Petar Valchanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[citation needed]
In 2000, he graduated from the Tsanko Lavrenov Art High School in Plovdiv. In 2008, he graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts with a degree in film and television directing in the class of Ludmil Staikov.[citation needed]
Valchanov has worked on many projects alongside his partner Kristina Grozeva, including the short film Family Therapy (2008), the television film Emergency Landing (2010), Samburu (2011), and others.[citation needed]
In 2012, the pair co-wrote and co-directed the short film Jump, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Awards and won the Grand Prix at the Brussels Short Film Festival as well as best film at the Bulgarian Film Academy Awards in 2013.
Their debut feature film The Lesson (2014) received international recognition at numerous film festivals around the world, including festivals in Toronto, San Sebastián, Warsaw, Tokyo, Thessaloniki, Gothenburg, Sofia and many others, and is the most awarded Bulgarian film of all [citation needed] The Lesson is the first part of a trilogy inspired by newspaper articles. Valchanov and Grozeva were inspired by real events during the development of the script. They recalled:
We are inspired by real stories that are absurd. The absurdity in reality is the element that unleashes our imagination and ignites our creative passion. And there is a lot of it in the newspapers. Tragicomism, the most important ingredient in our films, is born from it. In both The Lesson and Glory, the real story serves us only as a springboard from which to jump and whip up our imagination.
The second film from the trilogy, Glory, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival was positively received by critics. Its plot revolves around a cantoner who finds millions on a railway line and then hands them over to the police.[citation needed] Glory won awards at many international film festivals and was selected as the Bulgarian entriy for the Best International Feature Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[citation needed]
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Petar Valchanov
Petar Valchanov (Bulgarian: Петър Вълчанов) is a Bulgarian filmmaker. He is best known for his feature films The Lesson (2014), Glory (2016), The Father (2019), and Triumph (2024).
Petar Valchanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[citation needed]
In 2000, he graduated from the Tsanko Lavrenov Art High School in Plovdiv. In 2008, he graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts with a degree in film and television directing in the class of Ludmil Staikov.[citation needed]
Valchanov has worked on many projects alongside his partner Kristina Grozeva, including the short film Family Therapy (2008), the television film Emergency Landing (2010), Samburu (2011), and others.[citation needed]
In 2012, the pair co-wrote and co-directed the short film Jump, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Awards and won the Grand Prix at the Brussels Short Film Festival as well as best film at the Bulgarian Film Academy Awards in 2013.
Their debut feature film The Lesson (2014) received international recognition at numerous film festivals around the world, including festivals in Toronto, San Sebastián, Warsaw, Tokyo, Thessaloniki, Gothenburg, Sofia and many others, and is the most awarded Bulgarian film of all [citation needed] The Lesson is the first part of a trilogy inspired by newspaper articles. Valchanov and Grozeva were inspired by real events during the development of the script. They recalled:
We are inspired by real stories that are absurd. The absurdity in reality is the element that unleashes our imagination and ignites our creative passion. And there is a lot of it in the newspapers. Tragicomism, the most important ingredient in our films, is born from it. In both The Lesson and Glory, the real story serves us only as a springboard from which to jump and whip up our imagination.
The second film from the trilogy, Glory, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival was positively received by critics. Its plot revolves around a cantoner who finds millions on a railway line and then hands them over to the police.[citation needed] Glory won awards at many international film festivals and was selected as the Bulgarian entriy for the Best International Feature Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[citation needed]