Sevda Shishmanova

Sevda Shishmanova (* June 2 1962 in Razgrad) is a Bulgarian producer, director and journalist.

Career

She studied Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University and documentary film directing at Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts^[1].

Since 1992 she has been working for Bulgarian National Television as local and international correspondent in various countries. From 2010 until 2017 she was program director of BNT 1.

She is the producer of the best-selling Bulgarian series Undercover. She is the author of more than 15 documentaries. She is a journalist with practical experience in television and radio. She is an international correspondent for Bulgarian National Television and Economedia Press Group in Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern Iraq, Macedonia and Turkey.

Recognition

Member of Management Board, Programing director and Head of Film Production of Bulgarian National Television (2006–2010).
"Johns Hopkins University SAIS – Novartis International Journalism Award" 2001 for the documentary Unfinished War: Macedonia's Unresolved 'Albanian Issue'.^[2]
Unfinished War was nominated in top 10 for international journalism achievements.
Director of Programme BNT1 and Head of Film Production (2010–2017)^[3]
Member of the National Counsel of Cinema (2006–2008)
Member of the International jury of Sofia Film Festival 2007
Member of the International jury of Filmini / short movie film festival 2008
Member of the Jury of National Film Festival "Golden Rose" 2010
Member of the Jury of International Students Film Festival "Early Bird" 2016
Member of the International Jury of Master of Art Film Festival (2016–2017)
Member of International Jury of Sofia Independent Film Festival^[4]

Filmography

Undercover (2011-2016 5 seasons) as producer
Fourth Estate (2013) as producer
The Umbrella (2022) as director
Remains of Life (2022) as director ^[5]^[6]

Weblinks

References

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[1] ttps://luboslovie.bg/2015/06/02/%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%b4%d0%b0-%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d1%88%d0%b8%d1%88%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0/

[2] ttps://sais.jhu.edu/content/sais-novartis-international-journalism-awards-program-announces-year-2001-winners-pre-0911

[3] ttps://bnt.bg/bg/a/sevda-shishmanova-se-razdelya-s-bnt-sled

[4] ttps://bnt.bg/news/sofia-independent-film-festival-began-163051news.html

[5] ttps://www.filmneweurope.com/news/bulgaria-news/item/121649-production-bulgarian-political-journalist-sevda-shishmanova-develops-debut-feature

[6] ttps://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/404893/

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