Dilyana Daneva

Director, Screenwriter and Producer at Yellow Brick Pictures

Sofia, Bulgaria

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About Dilyana

Dilyana Daneva is a native of Nova Zagora. In 2005, she graduated in Painting at the Art High School in the city of Kazanlak, after which he studied Acting for Drama Theater at the Lyuben Grois Theater College, Sofia. She is currently a student of Film and TV directing at Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski", Blagoevgrad.
Dilyana is part of the production teams of several Bulgarian and international productions.
Winner of the Jury Award in the category "Best Actress" for her role as Maria in "Tango in the Tunnel" (2019) at the International Film Festival Los Angelis Motion Pictures - LAMP in Malibu, USA.
The short movie "Party Bus" is her directorial debut. The project is supported by the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria, in program “Debuts”.

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
Eastern European

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Party Bus (0000 - 2023)
Film (short) (Drama and Thriller) Screenwriter and Director Alex is a bus driver for provincial psychiatry. He has to transfer a group of mentally ill patients to the clinic where he works at. It is a routine task, but the stakes are high. The patients should be dropped off at the clinic by noon. If he does not comply with this condition, Alex will lose not only his job, but also the chance to pay for his daughter's treatment. Everything is going well until he stops for a short break at a roadside bar. When he comes back, he finds the bus trashed and empty. The patients have disappeared. Deadlocked and helpless, Alex realizes he will lose everything, until a group of strangers stand on his way. They need help, just like him. Overwhelmed by emotions and determined to save his child, he makes a fateful decision that will change his life and the strangers' lives.
The Silent Angel (2019)
(Documentary) Producer The true story of Dobri Dobrev - a Bulgarian beggar who wants to change the world.
Tango in the Tunnel (2019)
Film (Drama) Producer and Actress A young man is abandoned by his family. Story about relationship between family members and it's value. The weight of the friendship, love and it's power. Movie about the challenging decisions in our lives and the fights we have to win before we can change.
Dark Wanderer (2018)
Film (Fantasy and Short) Producer
Catatonic
(Crime and Mystery) Screenwriter
Under the Dark
(Sci-Fi) Production manager In 3017 aliens took over our earth, making us their slaves and forcing us to live in the dark without seeing the sun ever again. It's the year 3057 and the earth become one of the darkest scariest and horrible places in our universe . Only a few thousand humans survived and in their hands is now to save our planet. Now is the time to fight back.

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Awards

Official selection "Party Bus" - Best Short Film - Rome Prisma Film Awards
(2024)
Official selection "Party Bus" - Best Short Film - Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival
(2023)
Official selection "Party Bus" - Silver Princess - In the Palace International Short Film Festival
(2023)
Official selection "Party Bus" - Best Bulgarian Short - Burgas International Film Festival
(2023)
Official selection "Party Bus" - Cannes Film Awards Trophy - Cannes Film Awards
(2023)
Nominee - Best Emerging Female Director "Party Bus" - AFIN International Film Festival
(2023)
Official selection "Party Bus" - Grand Prix - Brno Film Festival
(2023)
Official selection "Party Bus" - Best Short Film - Barcelona Indie Awards
(2023)
GOLD AWARD - BEST ACTRESS, Grand Jury Los Angeles Motion Pictures Festival
(2019)

Education

Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski"
(2022-2025)
Theatre College “Luben Groys”
(2005-2008)
The National High School of Plastic Arts and Design “Acad. Dechko Uzunov”
(2000-2005)