Radostina Neykova is Professor and Program Director of the Animation department in the NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov”. She is a Bulgarian director, animator, children’s book illustrator and academic. Seven years was a Scientific secretary in Institute of Arts Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Arts.
Radostina uses non-traditional, handmade embroidery and textile cut-out animation techniques in her films, and she directed the award-winning animated shorts Marmalade (2020), Ugly Fairy Tale (2018), Grumpy Does Repairs (2015), and Trip (2011). She has held solo exhibitions on her embroidery and illustration techniques in various locations in Europe, America and Africa and delivers animation workshops across Europe.
Radostina Neykova is a member of many prestigious Bulgarian film and animation organizations, and the author of several academic books, including Aesthetics, technology and communication in cinema for adolescent audiences (2022), Contemporary Cinema for Children (2016), and Comic Books on the Contemporary Screen (2009).