My life and work have wandered many paths, but filmmaking remains the magnetic constant, pulling me back to the lens and the set. Cinema anchors everything I do, and directing— working with actors and pulling life from words on a page —has become my true north.
I work with stories that delve into the fragments of identity and belonging, those quiet, shifting spaces that reveal our inner contradictions. Inspired by movement, literature, and music, I seek out the details of human experience that are nearly invisible but undeniably present, exploring the ways they shape us, subtly, indelibly.
My journey through film has been one of improbable encounters and persistent movement. From pitching at Clermont-Ferrand and the European Short Pitch to In the Palace Film Festival, each opportunity has pulled me further into this world. I’ve been fortunate to receive support from the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Bulgarian Cultural Fund, Creative Europe, and other regional funds, small gestures of faith that have allowed me to keep exploring. Along the way, artists like Georgi Dyulgerov and David Lynch have endorsed and encouraged my work—unforeseen influences that continually challenge me to refine what it means to create.
For me, directing, photography, and producing are not separate endeavors but parallel paths that bend and converge. I move through these mediums with a single vision, embracing each as a way to grow without scattering focus. Perhaps my strongest drive is a curiosity that has deepened over the years, a need to see what the camera might capture next. It’s a kind of enduring faith in image-making—a quiet pursuit that began in my studies at NBU and has become something closer to necessity.
