{"id":1479,"date":"2023-03-19T18:17:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T18:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&#038;-environmental-film-festival\/?page_id=1479"},"modified":"2023-03-21T05:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T05:24:54","slug":"preval","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&-environmental-film-festival\/preval\/","title":{"rendered":"Preval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Mihayl Meltev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country of Origin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runtime<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>01:06:54<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Category<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><\/a>Documentary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A film about the dignified people of the village of Prevala in northwestern Bulgaria, who do not bow down to political and social adversity, nor to natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Biography &#8211;\u00a0Mihayl Meltev<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mihayl-Meltev-headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1904\" width=\"224\" height=\"321\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meltev<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-storage.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/headshots\/002\/227\/632\/original\/5345acef91-headshot.jpg?1670409458\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director &#8211; producer (feature films)<br>2003 &#8211; &#8220;Hear the Stars&#8221;, 53 min., BNT,.;<br>2001 &#8211; &#8220;Looking for a psychic&#8221;, 95 min, BNT;<br>1989 \u2013 &#8220;Quick, accurate, final&#8221; 95 min., CIF\/BT;<br>1983 \u2013 &#8220;The Neon Bear&#8221;, 60 min., CIF;<br>1977 \u2013 &#8220;End of the Tract&#8221;, 22 min., short, UKS;<br>1976 &#8211; &#8220;Imanyari&#8221;, 20, short film, UKS;<br>and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director (documentaries)<br>2019 &#8211; &#8220;Brothers Georgievi: Evlogi and Hristo&#8221;, 83 min, Doli Media Studio<br>2015 &#8211; &#8220;Tales from the Balkans&#8221;, 75 min, MELTIAN EOOD<br>2011 &#8211; &#8220;Left of the London-Calcutta Road&#8221;, 76 min, Film House &#8220;2 and \u00bd&#8221;<br>2010 &#8211; &#8220;Mr. Gladstone and the Bulgarians&#8221;, 70 min, Film House &#8220;2 and \u00bd&#8221;<br>1987 \u2013 &#8220;Dialogue&#8221;, 60 min, Interfilm<br>1987 \u2013 &#8220;After the meeting&#8221; 25 min, SNPDF<br>1986 \u2013 &#8220;Sakartsi&#8221; 60 min., Experimental Cinema Studio at the SBFD<br>1986 \u2013 &#8220;With care&#8221;, 10 min, SNPDF<br>1978 \u2013 &#8220;Two Tuesdays at MK &#8220;Kremikovtsi&#8221;, 25 min, UKS;<br>And others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Script<br>2012 &#8211; &#8220;Pozarishta&#8221; (Tales from the Balkans) &#8211; co-author, documentary<br>2003 &#8211; &#8220;Hear the Stars&#8221; (co-authored) &#8211; based on the story &#8220;The Blind Gadular&#8221; by A. Karaliychev<br>1986 &#8211; &#8220;Sakartsi&#8221; &#8211; documentary<br>1986 &#8211; &#8220;With intention&#8221; &#8211; documentary<br>1983 &#8211; &#8220;Mother&#8217;s Oath&#8221; (co-author) &#8211; based on the novel by Mihalaki Georgiev<br>1980 &#8211; &#8220;Color TV&#8221; (co-authored) &#8211; popular science<br>1978 \u2013 &#8220;Two Tuesdays at MK Kremikovtsi&#8221; &#8211; documentary<br>Professional and teaching activity<br>1980\/91 \u2013 film director and director-director at &#8220;Boyana&#8221; Feature Film Studio;<br>1992\/99 \u2013 teacher of cinema and TV directing at the &#8220;N.Rilski&#8221; UZU &#8211; Blagoevgrad;<br>1993\/94 \u2013 executive director of the Bulgarian National Television;<br>1996\/04 \u2013 TV production teacher at NBU-Sofia;<br>2000 \u2013 lecturer in the Department of Mass Communications of the NBU, Sofia;<br>2000\/04 &#8211; lecturer on &#8220;Production and management in electronic media&#8221; at the Faculty of Journalism of SU &#8220;Kliment Ohridski&#8221;;<br>2000 &#8211; lecturer in &#8220;Management in Screen Arts&#8221;, NATFIZ &#8220;Kr. 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Sarafov&#8221; &#8211; specialty &#8220;Cinema and TV directing&#8221;<br>1993 &#8211; specialization &#8220;Cinema and TV production&#8221; &#8211; USA<br>1994 &#8211; Specialization at BBC, Cardiff: &#8220;Senior Management in the Media&#8221;<br>1998 &#8211; associate professor<br>2006 \u2013 educational and scientific degree &#8220;doctor&#8221; at the Institute of Art History of the BAS<br>2012 \u2013 professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working languages: English, Russian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awards and honors<br>1979 \u2013 Honorary diploma for the film &#8220;Two Tuesdays in Kremikovtsi&#8221; at the Documentary and Short Film Festival &#8211; Leipzig, Germany;<br>1986 &#8211; The Grand Prize for Debut &#8220;South Spring&#8221; for the film &#8220;Sakartsi&#8221; at the Festival for Debut Works of Young Authors &#8220;South Spring&#8221;, Haskovo;<br>1987 \u2013 Honorary diploma for the film &#8220;Sakartsi&#8221; at the Festival of Short and Documentary Cinema &#8211; Plovdiv;<br>1991 &#8211; Special Jury Award for the film &#8220;Quick, Accurate, Final&#8221; at the &#8220;Umbriafiction-91&#8221; TV Feature Film Festival &#8211; Perugia, Italy;<br>2009 &#8211; The Grand Prize &#8220;Golden Vityaz&#8221; for the film &#8220;Hear the Stars&#8221; at the XVIII International Film Forum &#8220;Golden Vityaz&#8221;, Russia;<br>2010 &#8211; Award of the Bulgarian National Film Library for &#8220;Mr. Gladstone and the Bulgarians&#8221; at the XVIII Festival of Bulgarian Documentary and Animation Cinema &#8220;Golden Riton&#8221; &#8211; Plovdiv;<br>2012 &#8211; Nomination for directing the documentary &#8220;Left of the London-Calcutta Road&#8221; &#8211; Awards of the Bulgarian Film Academy;<br>2012 &#8211; Award for the best documentary &#8220;Left of the road London-Calcutta&#8221; &#8211; Awards of the Bulgarian Film Academy;<br>2012 &#8211; Award for direction for the film &#8220;Left of the road London &#8211; Calcutta&#8221; at the 19th festival of Bulgarian documentary and animation cinema &#8220;Golden Riton&#8221;, Plovdiv;<br>2015 &#8211; BNF award for the film &#8220;Tales from the Balkans&#8221; at the 22nd festival of Bulgarian documentary and animation cinema &#8220;Golden Riton&#8221;, Plovdiv;<br>2016 &#8211; Galicia-film award for the film &#8220;Tales from the Balkans&#8221; at the VII International Festival of Historical and Military Cinema, Warsaw, Poland, 2016;<br>2017 &#8211; &#8220;Bronze Vityaz&#8221; for the film &#8220;Tales from the Balkans&#8221; at XXVI International Film Forum &#8220;Golden Vityaz&#8221;, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directed by Mihayl Meltev Country of Origin Bulgaria Runtime 01:06:54 Category Documentary A film about the dignified people of the village of Prevala in northwestern Bulgaria, who do not bow down to political and social adversity, nor to natural disasters. 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