Kantemir Arturovich Balagov (Russian: Кантемир Артурович Балагов, Kabardian: Бэлагъы Артурыкъуэ Къантемыр; born 28 July 1991) is a Russian film director of Circassian descent, screenwriter and cinematographer from the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasian region of the Russian Federation.

Kantemir Balagov. Writer: Beanpole. Born in 1991 in Nalchik, capital of the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasus, Kantemir Balagov leaves the city for Stavropol where he undertakes studies in economics.

Kantemir Balagov. Writer: Beanpole. Born in 1991 in Nalchik, capital of the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasus, Kantemir Balagov leaves the city for Stavropol where he undertakes studies in economics.

Alternately tender and brutal, CLOSENESS is a film filled with ugliness and beauty, often all...more. An interview with the Russian director Kantemir Balagov in Cannes, May 2017. Read our...

Jan 27, 2020 · Judged by accolades won at Europe’s pre-eminent film festival, Russia’s Kantemir Balagov may well be the world’s most lauded current filmmaker under the age of 30. In 2017, when he was 26, “Closeness,” his debut feature, premiered at Cannes and won an international critics (FIPRESCI) prize.

23 hours ago · Barry Keoghan (“Saltburn”) and Riley Keough (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) are in talks to star in “Butterfly Jam,” the first English-language feature from Kantemir Balagov, the Russian ...

1 day ago · Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road) are in talks to co-star in Russian director Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam, his first English-language feature ...

17 hours ago · Following up his intense second feature Beanpole, we’ve been waiting to see if Kantemir Balagov’s follow-up would finally come to fruition.After years of development, things are finally moving forward with his English-language debut Butterfly Jam as two stars have become attached.. Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough are in talks to lead the project, Deadline reports.

Jan 7, 2020 · Kantemir Balagov’s second feature enters the arthouse canon of women on the verge, locked in a sometimes dangerous symbiosis in post-WWII Leningrad.

Feb 12, 2020 · Today on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re sharing a conversation following the 57th New York Film Festival premiere of Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole. Now in select theaters, his second feature follows two women in post-WWII Leningrad as they attempt to readjust to a haunted world.