Gergana Dyankova
Directing
Biography
Gergana Dyankova is a 4th year film student at Baltic Film, Media and Arts School in Tallinn, Estonia. She has recently completed her graduation film "Wishful Thinking" and her previous student short film "In her shoes" (2024) premiered at the Academy award-qualifying "In The Palace" International Short Film Festival. Gergana is originally from Bulgaria, and before studying filmmaking, her fields of work were youth education, photography and animation. She has a passion for dancing and learning languages.
Known For
After a breakup, Lola casts a spell for the perfect boyfriend. When a man appears at the door her mother quickly falls for him.
Wishful Thinking
Liina, a perfectionist clinging to control, hires an actor to play her father for a carefully staged family dinner meant to welcome her estranged daughter, Mari.
The Family Act
A streamer desperate for attention pushes himself and his friend further and further until things reach a breaking point.
Don't Look Away
In a run-down 1950's hotel, a cleaning maid develops a weird obsession with a foreign musician. The maid sees glimpses of the world beyond the iron curtain, and she dwells in her downward spiral on the borderline of “Do I want to be with her or become her?”. Her partner suffers the consequences.