27 July 19:00
Main Stage, New Holland Island
Year: 2019
Director: Kantemir Balagov
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min
Kantemir Balagov was born in Nalchik, Russia, in 1991. Beanpole marks his second feature film, Balagov having made his directorial debut with the 2017, Closeness, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard and was awarded the FIPRESCI prize. Balagov graduated from Alexander Sokurov’s directing workshop at Kabardino-Balkarian State University in 2015. During his studies, he made a number of fiction and documentary films, which took part in various domestic and international events. Beanpole (2019) has been selected for the 72 nd Annual Cannes Film Festival, in Un Certain Regard and got to prizes - for Best Directing and FIPRESCI prize.