Teodora Markova
Film and TV Writer & Producer , Bulgaria

Teodora is a film and TV writer and producer, based in Sofia, with several screenwriting awards. She has created and co-written some of the most successful TV series in Bulgaria, among which is the internationally acclaimed Under Cover (2011), nominated for Best Foreign Series at the Monte Carlo Television Festival and distributed in 187 territories. Her mini-series Father’s Day (2019) was in the Official Selection of Série Series Fontainebleau and Venice International Film Festival – Gap Financing Market.

The latest series, co-created and co-written by Teodora – the Latvian Soviet Jeans, has achieved notable success, receiving the Audience Award at Series Mania 2024, as well as 12 nominations for the National Latvian Film Awards, a selection for Berlinale Series Market Selects and Transylvania International Film Festival.

Teodora has penned four feature films, with Bubblegum (2017) earning her the Best Screenplay Award at the Bulgarian National Festival Golden Rose.

Her newest series project in development Gold War has won the Paramount Plus Award at MIA Market 2021 in Rome, Honorable Mention at C21 Digital Drama Pitch 2024 and was also a finalist of the HYPEWRITER TV pitch forum, Tallinn TV Beats Co-Financing Market and Conecta Fiction and Entertainment Market.