Rossitsa Valkanova graduated in 1982 from the Bulgarian National Academy for Theatre and Film as film director. Directed several documentary shorts till in 1995 she founded a production company, KLAS Film, producing some of the best known and awarded Bulgarian feature titles from the past 20 years: LETTER TO AMERICA (2001) by Iglika Triffonova, CHRISTMAS TREE UPSIDE DOWN (2006) by Ivan Cherkelov and Vassil Zhivkov, SHELTER (2010) by Dragomir Sholev, GODLESS (2016) by Ralitza Petrova.
Working often in co-production (with partners from the Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Romania), Rossitsa Valkanova has also co-produced as minority partner films as BLIND (2007) by Tamar van den Dop and AFERIM! (2015) by Radu Jude. R. Valkanova has been member of numerous selection committees and international juries (in Wiesbaden, Karlovy Vary, Sofia, Cyprus, San Sebastian). She’s member of EFA since 2002.
