Adela Peeva

Adela Peeva learned the art of filmmaking at the Academy for Film, Theatre and TV in Belgrade, where she now teaches film directing. In the early 1970s she directed TV programs in Yugoslavia, and then moved on to make over 40 documentaries at the Studio for Documentary Films in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Despite earning international awards, some of the films she made (Mothers, In the Name of the Sport) were banned during the Communist period. In 1988, she began making feature films at the Studio, and then left in 1991 to found her own production company. A very active member of the European film community, she serves on the board of the European Documentary Network, belongs to the European Film Academy, the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes, Kalamata and Berlin Film Festivals, the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers and the Association of Bulgarian Producers.

Her film Whose Is This Song? (2003) is available at D.E.R.

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International Movie Database
United Nations Association Film Festival
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