Ivan Cherkelov (b. 1957, Sofia) studied film direction at VITIZ (1982). He captured the problematic issues of the transformation process in Bulgaria with formal ingenuity in the films Pieces of Love (Parcheta lyubov, 1982), Rolling Stones (Tarkalyashti se kameni, 1995) and Glass Marbles (Stakleni topcheta, 1999), whose screenplays he also wrote. The collection of film stories Christmas Tree Upside Down (Obarnata elha, 2006), which he co-directed with Vasil Zhivkov, won the Special Jury Prize ex aequo together with the Czech film Beauty in Trouble (Kráska v nesnázích) at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 2006. His film Crayfish was shot in 2009.
MFF Karlovy Vary
