Boris Despodov

BORIS DESPODOV has been involved with film for almost two decades. In that time his films have been shown at most of the major film festivals. His debut-documentary film Corridor #8 was awarded with the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 58. Berlinale Film Festival. Since 2010 he is running his own production company Arthouse Blockbusters which produced his most recent feature film Twice Upon A Time In The West starring Claudia Cardinale, Diana Paskalieva, Alex Brendemühl and Francesc Garrido.

Arthouse Blockbusters also produced Tonislav Hristov’s documentary Soul Food Stories. The film was short-listed for the IDFA mid-length award in 2013. His most recent co-productions Give Up The Ghost by Zain Duraie premiered at the 76. Venice Film festival and was awarded with an El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film at the El Gouna Film Festival in 2019 and May She RIP by Nazgol Kashani awarded with ARTE award at Dresden Film Festival 2021. He is a member of the EAVE producer’s network and the Bulgarian Film Academy.