| Javor Gardev | |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation: | Film and stage director |
Javor Gardev is a Bulgarian stage and film director, known for his 2008 feature debut film Zift.
Javor Gardev holds an MPhil degree from Sofia University, and MFA degree in theatre directing from the Bulgarian National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts.
Gardev has directed radio-drama and authored performance art and video artworks.
He currently works as resident stage director at The National Theatre of Bulgaria in Sofia.
He is a member of the European Film Academy since 2009. In 2011 he founded Compania Ecstatica.
Gardev has directed over fifty plays at home and abroad. Among his most famous stage directions are: The Pillowman (2004), Caligula (2008), A Behanding in Spokane (2011), and Almost an Evening (2013).
In 2008 Gardev directed his first feature film, Zift. The film was produced by Miramar Film (Bulgaria), with the Bulgarian National Film Center and the Bulgarian National Television as co-producers. Gardev is slated to direct his second film, entitled Theseus, which will be a tale of the Greek mythological hero Theseus.[1]
Gardev won the Silver St. George for Best Director in Main Competition at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Zift was part of the selections of fifty-four international film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, 2008 (Official Selection, Discovery). It was Bulgaria's official entry for foreign-language Oscar and part of the Official Selection for the European Film Academy Awards, 2008. Until 2009 when its domestic record was broken, it was the highest grossing Bulgarian feature film since the prior two decades.