The Andromeda Effect

Nikolay Gurbanov

Composer, conductor, producer

Composer, conductor, arranger, music producer and teacher. From 2026 he is associate professor of folk choir conducting at AMTII Prof. Asen Diamandiev – Plovdiv, where he has been principal conductor of the Academic Folk Choir since 2023. His work also crosses music, stage and film.

Kalina Nikolova

Director and film scholar

Kalina Nikolova studied film at the University of Strasbourg and completed an MA in film directing with Prof. Georgi Djulgerov. She made the fiction short Elek and the documentary Natural Film — a portrait of writer Georgi Gospodinov, awarded a special diploma at Rhodope International Documentary Film Fest.

Tanya Kostadinova

Actress and filmmaker

Bulgarian actress and filmmaker with professional experience in the UK and Europe. She studied theatre at New Bulgarian University, specialised in screen acting at Met Film School, Ealing Studios, London, and later completed an MA in Filmmaking. Her work focuses on a natural, psychologically truthful presence in front of the camera.