Noura Al Kadri is a Bulgarian-Syrian film producer based in Sofia and the founder of Hot Potato, a women-led production company developing genre-bending cinema with a social edge.
Her background in international film distribution shaped her producer’s approach: building projects not only for production, but for festivals, audiences, markets and long-term circulation. Since moving into producing in 2020, she has worked across documentary, narrative shorts, experimental dance films and music videos.
Noura is drawn to character-driven stories that use genre and experimentation to explore social pressure, identity, fear, family secrets and the things people prefer not to say out loud. In 2026, her work was connected to Sarajevo Talents, Sofia Meetings, Budapest Debut Film Forum, LIM | Less Is More and European Genre Forum.
One third of Cinema Strolls, producer and editor.
Selected training, labs and industry platforms
European Genre Forum 2026
Sarajevo Talents Pack & Pitch 2026 | W/ SPY PASSIONS
Sofia Meetings 2026 | W/ SPY PASSIONS
EUROPEAN GENRE FORUM 2026 | W/ LULU
BUDAPEST DEBUT FILM FORUM 2026 | W/ LULU
LIM² | Less is More 2026 | W/ LULU
Film+ Romania 2021 & 2022
Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2022
ShorTS Development & Pitching Training, Maremetraggio
i-Portunus Creative Mobility 2020
Selected markets and festivals attended
EFM Berlinale
Marché du Film, Cannes
MIPTV Cannes
MIPCOM Cannes
Discop Dubai
Discop Abidjan
ASBU Tunisia
FAJR Iran
MIP China
BRNO16
Fantasporto
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Angel Radev is a Bulgarian writer-director born in Burgas in 1989. He graduated in Film Studies from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in 2013 and has built much of his creative life around cinema history, preservation, genre and form.
His relationship with film began inside the Bulgarian National Film Archive, where he first worked at the Odeon cinema and spent years watching, studying and absorbing films from different periods and traditions. After a period at Nu Boyana Film Studios between 2015 and 2019, where he worked across administration, pre-production, development and script reading, he returned to the Film Archive as a film conservationist and digitization technical supervisor.
Angel’s work is shaped by this archive background: a fascination with silent cinema, forgotten forms, haunting images and the way the past continues to disturb the present. That interest led to his debut short film, The Curse of the Dutchman, a silent existential horror film, and later to ECHO, an experimental drama built around grief, absence and fractured structure.
He is in post-production with his upcoming short Coming Clean and in development with LULU - selected for Budapest Debut Film Forum, LIM | Less Is More, European Genre Forum.
Alongside directing, Angel works across editing and music. He has composed original scores for several short narrative films, including Mirror Touch, ECHO, NICOLE and THEY, and creates music under the name SOF POP.
Angel is an alumnus of FIAF Film Restoration Summer School, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2024, Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2022 and Film+ Romania 2022. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers and one third of Cinema Strolls, where he appears as a host.
Selected training and memberships
EUROPEAN GENRE FORUM 2026 | W/ LULU
BUDAPEST DEBUT FILM FORUM 2026 | W/ LULU
LIM² | Less is More 2026 | W/ LULU
FIAF Film Restoration Summer School, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2024
Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2022
Film+ Romania 2022
Member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers
Selected markets attended
Marché du Film, Cannes 2022
EFM Berlinale 2022, 2025
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Roman Pessarov is a Bulgarian director-producer, born and raised in Mozambique. He studied Psychology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” before completing degrees in Film Studies and Film Production in London.
After returning to Bulgaria, he began working at Nu Boyana Film Studios, where he took part in international productions, screenplay assessment and documentary work. His background in psychology continues to shape his approach to filmmaking, drawing him toward characters driven by obsession, self-deception, control and moral blind spots.
Roman’s directorial debut, Mirror Touch, won Best Bulgarian Short Film at the 2024 Burgas International Film Festival. His producing debut, NICOLE, later received the award for Best Bulgarian Short Film at the Sofia International Film Festival.
Working closely with a group of like-minded peers, Roman is part of a new generation of Bulgarian filmmakers interested in genre cinema and its psychological possibilities. His work often focuses on characters, frequently men, who see themselves as protagonists while treating others as obstacles, trophies or tools in their pursuit of power.
He is actively involved in the international film community through markets including MIPTV, Marché du Film in Cannes and EFM Berlinale.
Selected films
Mirror Touch, director
Best Bulgarian Short Film, Burgas International Film Festival 2024
NICOLE, producer
Best Bulgarian Short Film, Sofia International Film Festival 2025
Selected markets attended
MIPTV 2019
Marché du Film, Cannes 2022
EFM Berlinale 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025
Other work
One third of Cinema Strolls, host