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Nevena Semova

Biography

  • Nevena Semova is an international producer, who has produced four short films, a hybrid VR performance and a TV documentary in the two years she spent in Estonia. Nevena completed her Master’s Degree in Film Production from the Erasmus Mundus Kinoeyes program. Her 2022 dance film “Hunger” won best student film at the EDIFF (UK) and is currently streaming on Amazon, while her latest film "Unfamiliars" is set to premiere at the Oscar-qualifying festival In The Palace 2023. In 2022, Nevena joined forces with screenwriters/directors Ragne Mandri and Sushant Bhat and editor Tul Paloma Rodriguez in the Estonian production company Fat Cat Film. The production company's short film project “El Baño” was presented at Baltic Pitching Forum 2022 and won the team the Baltic Producer’s Media Award, as well as participation rights to Euroconnection at Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023. The project has also been selected to participate in the Co-Production Forum, as part of the Brussels Short Film Festival 2023.

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm