After completing a double BA in Journalism and in European Studies at the American University in Bulgaria and an MA in Media and Communications at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ralitsa Golemanova explored the political side of communications, working at EU-related organizations in Brussels. Building on her multidisciplinary experience, in 2015 she created the independent production house Smarty Pants Shooter where she is producing and writing documentaries with social relevance and international reach. Her latest film, No Place for You in Our Town (2022) by Nikolay Stefanov, is a co-production with HBO MAX and premiered at CPH:DOX 2022. It has been selected at more than 25 of the most renowned festivals, including Visions du Réel, Krakow Film Festival, and Sheffield Doc/Fest. The film was awarded as Best Documentary by the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers in 2023. Ralitsa is an alumna of the international training program in creative documentary production EURODOC, as well as of the Emerging Producers program with showcases at Jihlava IDFF 2022 and Berlinale 2023.
Bulgaria