Anastasia Raykova
Director & Producer
Anastasia is a film director and producer based in Lisbon. After gaining an MA in Information Technologies Anastasia studied TV Production and worked on several films and TV projects in Lisbon.
Constantly looking for professional development, Anastasia enrolled in the MA Filmmaking course at the London Film School. She worked on a feature film in 2018, a tv-series project, “Hidden Track”, where she was a associate producer and a production supervisor. Hidden Track was broadcast on an internet platform okko.tv, Russia.
Short film “the Womb”, which Anastasia produced in Portugal has been accepted to Palm Springs ShortFest 2021, USA FF and continues its festival circuit.
Short film “Ela”, which Anastasia directed was supported by Cascais City Hall and pre-screened at museum Casa das Histórias Paula Rego.
Currently Anastasia is working on the pre-production of her first feature film and is preparing to shoot it in Portugal in 2022.
Feature film project "A Sua Familia"/"His Family" has been accepted to be part of a pitching program during 50th Kyiv International Film Festival “Molodist".
DIRECTING PROJECTS:
Feature film "His family" - director, producer, 2021/2022 (pre-production)
Short fashion&dance film "NOSTALGIA" - director, producer, 2021
Short fashion" ELA" - director, producer, 2021
Short fashion&dance film "a Woman" - director, producer, 2019
Short film "Miss" – director, producer, 2018
Short film “Fragile” – director, 2017
Documentary "Please don't leave anything sitting in the sink" - director, 2016
Short film "Away from me" - director, 2015
Short film "Spicy" - director, 2015
Short film "Sera que o cupido sabe nadar?" - director, 2014
FILM FESTIVALS:
51st USA Film Festival / 2021 / USA
Palm Springs ShortFest / 2021 / USA
Cinebur / 2021 / Cyprus
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival / 2021 / USA (Semi-Finalist)
FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival / 2021 / Portugal
SHORT/AGE - Shortfilms for a New Age / 2021 / Portugal
Himachal Short Film Festival / 2021 / India
Fashion film "Nostalgia":
La Jolla Fashion Film Festival / 2021 / USA
Big Picture Festival / 2021/ Russian Federation
Festival de CineArte en la Frontera / 2021/ Venezuela
The paus Premieres Festival / 2021 / UK
North Hollywood CineFest / 2021 / USA
SHORT to the Point / 2021 / Romania - Winner
Crossroads International Short Film Festival / 2021 / Turkey
Fashion and Dance film "a Woman":
La Jolla Fashion Film Festival / 2020 / USA
LA Fashion Film Festival / 2020 / USA
Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival / 2019 / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Short Film Factory / 2020/ Romania - Winner
Dance film festival "Kino proba" / 2021 / Russian Federation
International Choreographic Festival of Blois - Dance / 2020 / France
Rolling ideas / 2020 / Romania
Bogotá Music Video Festival / 2019 / Colombia
Phoenix Dance Film Festival / 2020 / USA
Croatia Fashion Film Festival / 2020 / Croatia
Chelsea Fashion & Film Festival / 2019 / USA
Raksa Dance Film Festival/ Raksa Ciné-Danse du Monde / 2019 / France
SHORT to the Point / 2019 / Romania
Feature film "Poised":
London Independent Film Festival / 2019 / UK - Winner
13th Outview Athens LGBTQI+ Film Festival / 2019 / Greece
qFLIX Philadelphia LGBTQ+ Film Festival / 2019 / USA
London Greek Film Festival / 2019 / UK - Best Actress Award, Best Screenplay Award
Bilbao Seriesland Web Festival / 2019 / Spain
The Portugal Film Festival / 2018 / Portugal - Jury Special Award
NewarkIFF/ 2018 / USA
Lift-Off International Film Festival / London / United Kingdom
Short film “A Night in the Life”
the Short Film Corner of the Cannes film festival/2018 / Cannes / France
National Student Film Festival Screenfest/ 2018 / London / UK
Short film “Karavai - Karavai”:
Russian Film Week / 2017 / London / UK, Film
Festival “St. Anna” / 2018, Moscow / Russian Federation
Provzglyad / Best Cinematography / 2011 / Cherepovets / Russian Federation
Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival / 2011 / Dortmund / Germany
