BIOGRAPHIE

Vanya Rainova entered the world of filmmaking as co-writer and producer of Pride (2013, 30’, BG/DE), which won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a Nomination for the European Film Awards. Since then, she has written and/or produced several awardwinning shorts and documentaries, which competed in some of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including Locarno, Rotterdam, IDFA, DokLeipzig, HotDocs, Vision du Reel, and many others. She is looking forward to the international premiere of Andrey Paounov’s debut fiction feature, January (2021, 110’, BG/ PT/LUX). Vanya holds an MFA in creative writing from The University of San Francisco. She attended Torino Film Lab (2016) and is a graduate of Eurodoc (2015), EAVE (2016), and MIDPOINT (2019).

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2025 Dernier jour à Sofia Production
• 2024 Eraserhead In a Knitted Shopping Bag Production, Referent, Sales
• 2024 Chapter 6 Production, Referent, Sales
• 2018 Мaika Production, Sales, Referent, Script, Script, Script
• 2017 Svrahbagaj Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Script, Script
• 2016 Setembro Production
• 2013 Pride I Production, Sales, Script, Script, Script
• Chapter 6 Production
• Eraserhead In a Knitted Shopping Bag Production