Ilian Djevelekov

Ilian Djevelekov was born in 1966 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He studied Psychology at Sofia University and graduated in Film and TV Directing from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. In 1993 his student film I Want To Be Free won the best short film award at the Golden Rose Film Festival in Varna. From 1994 to 2000 he worked as producer and director at Ku-Ku Film Company. In 2001 Ilian Djevelekov together with Matey Konstantinov and Georgi Dimitrov founded the production company Miramar Film which is now ranking among Bulgarian top producers of features, documentaries and TV commercials. Ilian Djevelekov is director and producer of tens of TV commercials and documentaries. His last documentary Cuba is Music premiered at the International Sofia Film Festival in 2009 and took part in a number of festivals and markets. Zift by director Javor Gardev was Ilian Djevelekov's first film as producer of full-length features. The film received Silver St. George award for best director at the Moscow IFF 2008. It was acclaimed at festivals such as Toronto, Melbourne, Mar del Plata, Istanbul, etc. and was sold in Europe and in the US to IFC Films. In Bulgaria it was the most successful domestic release for the past 20 years. Ilian's first feature film as director - LOVE.NET was released in Bulgarian theatres in 2011 and became number one box office hit for the year. Ilian is also producer and co-writer of the film. LOVE.NET ranked in the top 10 domestic hits of all time and was selected in competition at Bratislava film festival and the Bahamas film festival among others. In 2011 Ilian received the Best Director award from the Bulgarian Film Academy. Ilian's second feature film, Omnipresent, was released successfully in Bulgaria in October 2017 . It won Golden Rose Award for Best Picture at the Bulgarian Feature Film Festival along with four other major awards. Currently he is developing a new film project.