Irena Daskalova is a Bulgarian film director. Her short film Beaujolais was officially selected for 22 Bulgarian and international film festivals. It received awards at eight of them, including Best Drama, Best Romantic Film, Best Director, and Best Storytelling. She is a recipient of Award of the 5th Roma Life – Central European Documentary Festival / March 2012, Budapest for the Documentary “Who Are Those Mothers”. Her first feature film project I'll Be Next to You, has been selected for the 2026 Mediterranean Film Institute Script2Film Workshops. She is a director, producer and screenwriter of feature, documentary and animated films.
1999 - 2004
Graduates the New Bulgarian University in Sofia in “TV and Cinema
Directory” as a director.
1996 – 1999
Graduates the New Bulgarian University in Sofia as a poroducer. 1999 Recieves the “Achievement Certificate” award from the USA Agency for International Development, at completion of her participation of the cooperation for local TV broadcast program in Koshice, Slovakia.
1993 - 1995
Graduates the “Julius Fuchik” polygraphy and photography school in Sofia majoring “Photography”.
