Ralitza Petrova (b. 1976, Sofia, Bulgaria) studied film and video art at University of the Arts London, and later fiction directing at the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS). Her shorts have won wide acclaim at the film festival circuit, including Cannes, Berlin and Locarno, as well as on numerous art platforms, such as Tate Modern and the Centre Pompidou. In 2016, her feature debut GODLESS premiered at Locarno Film Festival , where it won four awards, amongst them the Golden Leopard for Best Film. Since, the film has won 27 awards, and has been nominated for European Discovery 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI by the European Film Academy. Ralitza Petrova is a fellow of the DAAD Artist-in-Berlin Program 2019, where she developed her next feature film.
She is an alumna of TorinoFilmLab, Le Groupe Ouest, Nipkow Programm, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, and a member of the European Film Academy and Women in Film Los Angeles.
