Dimi Nakov

Dimi's passion for images started when he received a stills camera for his 11th birthday from his grandfather, who thought photography, mathematics, physics, and chemistry to students in a secondary school in Bulgaria between 1960's and mid-1990's.During the photography workshops, Dimi observed the students and learned from his grandfather to develop and process the film and photo paper into photos in the dark room. Dimi saw how while dipping into the photo solution the surface of the white paper quickly fills up with gray and black colors and in seconds to become black and white photo just like a motion picture story told in the moment on a piece of paper. Dimi became fascinated with the process and taking photos so he developed a love for photography, which later changed to watching a lot of movies and then studying how to make films in New Zealand. Dimi is an aspiring multi award winning Filmmaker with a diverse body of work. Since 2009 he has produced a number of award winning music videos with over 1.2million views on You Tube, short films, and corporate videos for Coca Cola Amatil NZ. All of Dimi's short films have acquired non-exclusive worldwide distribution deals from numerous VOD distributors. In 2012 Dimi was the first New Zealand Director to have two short films in competition at Cyprus International Film Festival, where his short "Playmates" won Best Cinematography. The second short film "BlindSide" that he produced and directed was accepted in Cannes Short Film Corner the same year and subsequently took him to Cannes to experience its full glory and meet some valuable business contacts. In 2015 Dimi's music Video "Start A Revolution" for the NZ Band "Devilskin" won him the Rising Star Award at Canada International Film Festival. During March-April 2016 Dimi was a member of an international screening committee for the "Diversity In Cannes Short Film Showcase". Also between April - May 2017 Dimi judged Documentaries from all over the world for "Melbourne Documentary Film Festival".