Currently, shooting the series on the game The Last of US. It was originally assumed that the director of the series "Chernobyl" will be operated on the pilot episode, Yuhan Renk. But due to the incomprehension of the graphs, he had to leave the project. Instead, invited Cantemir Balam. "I am a big fan of The Last of US and never forget, as this game has opened something new in me, showed what I have not seen before in myself. I did not believe until the latter that it would be possible, "the director shared revelations in his microblog.
The scenario for the series is being developed by Craig Mezin (he created the series "Chernobyl") and creative director of the video game Nile Dramann. Balagov hopes that experience in the international project will be useful for him, will help in the future work on other films and with world-scale stars. He plans to relieve a picture of the life of the same young people as he, and about the native Kabardino-Balkaria.
Producer Alexander Rodnyansky is very happy for Kantemir. In his opinion, this is a big step in the career of the young director. Its creative solutions and the style are already determined by which the whole series will be, which is important for all Russian cinema.
In 2017, Balagov presented the film "Tesnota" at the Cannes Film Festival and received for him the prize of the International Federation of FIPRESCI Kinopresci.
The second director's work of a young director - "Dlatta". The action in the picture occurs in Leningrad 1945. The plot tells about two front-up friends, which after the war are trying to start a peaceful life. The film received two awards at once - the prize for the best director and the prize FIPRESCI.