Andrej Certov

Cinematographer and director. Born in Moscow. In 1974, he graduated from VGIK as a cinematographer (workshop of Boris Volchek). Since 1975, he has lived and worked in Bulgaria. Over the years, he has shot some 200 documentary and popular-science films and taken part in more than 15 fiction features. Among his work: Lullaby (1981, doc.); The Bright and Dark Sides of Things (1982, doc.), The Adventures of Spas and Nelly (1986), 8 Per Cent Love (1989), The Unknown About Ernst Neizvestny (1989, doc.), That Thing (1991), and The Alchemists (2000). As director he has made the feature documentaries Rainy Day (2013), Silent Movie (2016), and Once Upon a Time in Paris (2024). His film Sun Ray Over Paris (2026) will be presented in the special screenings programme.