International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films

ACADEMY 2024

Dr. Daniela Ovcharova has been working as a consultant in Dr. Emilova's clinic since 2003 and the Nadezhda Medical Center in the city of Varna. Graduated from medicine in Varna in 1995. He specializes in psychiatry. He gained his skills as a psychotherapist in supervisions with therapists from Switzerland and Norway, seminars on cognitive psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, brave therapy. She is a certified homeopath. She has worked in electronic and print media, and was a producer of a health radio show. There are short stories published in short story collections. She participated in three group exhibitions of painting.

Associate Professor Dr. Tatiana Ivanova Burudzhieva-Vaniotis is a Bulgarian politician, a representative in the 42nd National Assembly. Burudzhieva is an associate professor of political science and a doctor of philosophy. He teaches political science at several Bulgarian universities, including Sofia University and New Bulgarian University. Graduated from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and specializes in political communications and political management in France and Belgium.

Encho Gospodinov is one of the iconic Bulgarian journalists, with a successful career as a humanitarian diplomat. He made numerous reports from "hot spots" around the world, even while working in the most read newspaper in Bulgaria before 1989 - the SBZ weekly "Pogled". Since 1989, he has been with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, headquartered in Geneva. He participated in many of her missions during conflicts and disasters. He was its vice president and representative at the United Nations. He ended his career as a special advisor to the European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva.

Dr. Tsveteslava Galabova graduated from the Medical University of Sofia in 1992, UNSS in 2006 and SU. Since 1994, he has been working at the State Psychiatric Hospital "St. Ivan Rilski", for 11 years he has been its director. Since December 2014, he is a national expert in psychiatry of the Bulgarian Medical Union. Dr. Galabova is a member of the Medical Council for the fight against the coronavirus.

Vladislav Nikolov is the creator of the largest charity campaign "I believe and help". Since 2015, he and the volunteers of "I believe and help" have been able to motivate the residents of Varna to collect caps, so that the first specialized, modernly equipped neonatal ambulance can be ordered with the collected funds, which is already helping babies from all over North-Eastern Bulgaria, the first mobile blood donation point in the country, as well as over 22 donated high-quality medical equipment and equipment.

Bulgarian scientist, literary historian and theorist, literary critic, culturologist, essayist and publicist, public figure and politician. He graduated in Slavic philology and philosophy at Sofia University. Nedelchev's main interests are in the field of Bulgarian literary history, textology, literary, political and cultural personalism, geopoetics and current literary life. He is the author of books with monographic literary and literary-historical studies, studies, articles, essays. He is the chairman of the Association of Bulgarian Writers (since 2000). He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists and the Union of Translators in Bulgaria.

Prof. Ivo Hristov, born in Kyiv. Finished secondary education at 31 Secondary School, Sofia. Master of Law and Doctor of Sociology of Law at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" with a dissertation on "Legal regulation and modernity - a sociological study of two typological cases: Western Europe and Bulgaria" (2003). Associate Professor in the Department of "Applied and Institutional Sociology" in the Faculty of Philosophy and History of Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski" (2009), professor since 2016. He teaches "Sociology of Law", "Theory of Modernizations", "Historical Sociology of Modern Institutions" at Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski" and at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
He specialized in the International Law Institute in Washington, USA (2000); Moscow School of Political Studies - Council of Europe: Moscow-Stockholm-Strasbourg (2002); Carlo Bo University of Urbino, Italy (2005); Neuwaldeg Institute in Vienna (2007); American Institute for Turkish Studies - Istanbul (2010); Fernand Braudel Center - State University of New York, Binghamton, USA (2012); Max Planck Institute for the History of European Law in Frankfurt am Main (2010 - 2012) and others. He was a visiting professor at Samara Federal University - Faculty of Sociology (2016-2017) with lecture courses on sociology of geopolitics and historical sociology of modernity.
He is the author of four monographs and numerous articles.

Doctor of Applied Cultural Studies and Master of Media Culture. Expert in the field of art, culture and education. He founded the "Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Culture and Education". Together with over 60 organizations from Europe, Africa and the Middle East, it develops cultural and educational programs for the youth. Author and coordinator of projects: "Make Your Vote!", "Citizen Journalism Academy for Youth", "Young Entrepreneurs in Time of Crisis", "The Price of Freedom and Democracy", "Youth Action for Europe", "Don't Fear to Differ!", "EntreCULCHAship:", "Active Living: Sports as Everyday Comforts", "Funny Little Creatures" and many more.

She is creative, active and loves people. She has extensive experience in the advertising business, which she has built on with new skills and experience in non-formal youth education and social work. Anyone who knows her knows that she has been helping young people with disabilities for a long time in the organization she created - Association "There are no impossible things" - they learn practical skills and work in the association's social enterprise.
Diana Nasteva is co-founder of HameleON Youth Space - a place for positive meetings, entertainment and personal development. As a trainer and mentor, she helps the young people of Varna to develop their skills and potential, to be happier and more confident, to have fun without screens, to set goals and achieve them.

He graduated from NATFIZ with two majors: cinema and photography.
2012 - debut film, as a director "Shhh... Popey me!"
2018 - photo exhibition "Family Gravity" in South Korea.
In 2018, his documentary film "Monologue at Intermission" was released.
6 awards for best documentary and 2 for editing.
In 2021, his film "Good Night Lily" will be released.