Slav Velkov is a Bulgarian filmmaker and painter who seeks the human capacity to change and the excitement of exploring the emotions that encapsulate the human condition. His work has reached 1M+ people online and has screened at dozens of festivals, including the Soho International Film Festival and the Big Apple Film Festival in New York.

Most recently, Slav premiered his latest narrative short, Strangers, at The Soho IFF (2023). The film explores the themes of ambivalence and love in big-city life and focuses on a marriage proposal gone wrong in Chinatown.

One of Slav’s most significant projects is his short social video about the 2020 protest in Bulgaria. The film showcased the faces of young people eager to change their country and became a hit on Facebook, garnering 4.5K+ shares and 1M+ views in less than 48 hours. As part of the short movie and a handful of other projects, Slav has appeared on Bulgarian National Television, Bulgaria on Air TV, and other prominent news stations, where he advocated for critical thinking on social media, a transparent judicial system, and sustainability in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia.

In addition, Slav worked as an AD Trainee at Lionsgate and as a Video Production Intern at The Wall Street Journal. He understands the organizational, technical, and editorial processes behind media production, and he utilizes the skills he acquired on big sets to communicate his ideas and vision.