Focus Screendance is a 1-year educational program in dance film, organized by Man with a Hat Foundation with main lecturers Kosta Karakashyan, Silvia Cherneva and Stephanie Handjiiska
In the first edition of the program, 26 artists are taking part in the education through a series of practical and theoretical lectures. Students have the opportunity to meet over 30 lecturers from Bulgaria and abroad and to go through a number of practical exercises and creative challenges, in which they enter into various artistic roles.
At the end of the program, they create their own dance film, provided with the support of the Man with a Hat Foundation.


The Focus Screendance educational program is realised with the support of the National Culture Fund Bulgaria.
Roman Martinez (USA), Ekin Tunçeli (Turkey), Joro Peev (Bulgaria), Maria Kapalla (Poland), Krassimir Andonov (Bulgaria), Kevin Chiu (USA), Assen Vaptsarov (Bulgaria/USA), Julien Leitner (USA), Enya Belak (Slovenia / United Kingdom), Zornitsa Stoyanova (Bulgaria), Rosemary Lee (United Kingdom), dr. Miranda Pennel (United Kingdom), Gitta Wigro (United Kingdom), Regina Lissowska (Poland) and others.
Project Management Shirin Hodzheva
Public Relations Todor Barganov
Photography & Video Nikola Gyulmezov
Nevena Biskupovich, Nadezhda Dicheva, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Iskra Dukova, Simona Dyankova, Boryana Dzhivdzhanova, Nelly Georgieva, Viliyan Geshev, Sasha Hadjieva, Elena Marinova, Dany Kirilov, Marina Marinova, Miroslav Mironov, Plamena Nikolova, Boryana Ninova, Petya Peeva, Dimitar Pizhev, Hristo Zhelev, Teodor Todorov, Emilia Toncheva, Viktoria Kostova, Irina Stoyanova, Evgenia Taneva

upcoming events

SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL