Ina is an award-winning Jamgarian (Jamaican-Bulgarian) visual storyteller with 15+ years of media experience, specializing in uplifting and inspiring stories, rich in cultural flavor and diversity, and sprinkled with a flair for the spiritual nature of our world. A writer, director, producer, editor and sometimes cinematographer, Ina is behind award-winning shorts freedom2dance (documentary, 2012) and Agwe (animation, 2018), among other short and experimental films, music videos, video art, photo-essays and more. Alumna of Film Lab Jamaica, Jihlava Academy Creative Lab and Columbia University, winner of the Du-Pont/Judy F. Crichton Award for Visual Storytelling, JAFTA Propella, Kingston Creative Pitch Forward Competition, Catapult Arts Grant, and more, Ina lives in Kingston, where she also teaches at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and sits on the Board of Women in Film & Television Jamaica (WIFT-JA).
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    Mango Magic
    Screenplay
    Stinky Mango2024
    Short
    Agwe2018
    Animation, Short
    Children of the Incursion2018
    Documentary
  • Director (4 Credits)
    Duality in-Sanity
    Experimental, Music Video
    Stinky Mango2024
    Short
    Agwe2018
    Animation, Short
    Children of the Incursion2018
    Documentary
  • Editor (2 Credits)
    Agwe2018
    Animation, Short
    Children of the Incursion2018
    Documentary
  • Producer (1 Credit)
    Stinky Mango2024
    Short
  • Director of Photography (1 Credit)
    Children of the Incursion2018
    Documentary
Quarterfinalist
Mango Magic
ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition 2019
2020
Semifinalist
Mango Magic
ScreenCraft Film Fund 2020
2020
Semifinalist
Mango Magic
Diverse Voices 2020
2020
Winner - Investors Choice Award
Mango Magic
Kingston Creative Best Pitch Forward 2020
2020
Finalist: Best Caribbean Short
Agwe
Animae Caribe Carifesta Edition
2019
Official Selection
Agwe
La Guarimba
2019
Finalist: Best Animation
Agwe
GATFFEST Film Festival
Kingston
2019
Official Selection
Agwe
San Francisco Black Film Festival
San Francisco
2019
Official Selection
Agwe
12N61W Grenadian Film Festival
2019
2nd Place: Best Caribbean Short, Finalist: Storyboard
Agwe
KingstOOn
Kingston
2019
Official Selection
Agwe
Toronto Black Film Festival
Toronto
2019
Finalist: Best Caribbean Short
Agwe
Animae Caribe
2018
Out of Competition
Agwe
Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival
2018
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