ASSIA KOVANOVA is an animated film director, Illustrator and designer. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, she graduated from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts with a M.A. in animation directing and specialized in Film & TV Cinematography. Conducted a series of lectures on animation design in the Varna Free University, Bulgaria. Illustrator and designer of various books and magazines. Member of ASIFA and the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers. Since 2011 she is an art director and design manager of the World Festival of Animated Film – Varna.
Animated films
| 2021 | Weeds' Gardener (in production) |
| 2019 | Paper Kite |
| 2016 | Love with Occasional Showers (co-dir. AndreyKoulev) |
| 2012 | The Piano Player (co-dir. AndreyKoulev) |
| 2005 | Genesis |
| 2003 | Extazy (co-directedwithIvan Stoyanovich) |
| 2001 | Mente |
| 1999 | Concentration (co-directedwithIvan Stoyanovich) |
TV
| Since 2001 | Animation TV shorts for ‘MANUSCCRIPT’, Bulgarian National TV |
| Animation TV spot for ‘MARTA’S SHOW’, Bulgarian National TV | |
| Animation TV shorts for ‘THE LITTLE BIG READ’, BBC; Bulgarian National TV | |
| TV advertising of Novinar Newspaper | |
| Animation TV shorts for ‘20TH CENTURY – BULGARIAN DOINGS’, Bulgarian National TV | |
| Animation TV shorts for ‘THE BIG READ’, BBC; Bulgarian National TV | |
| Five short animation films about the Health reform, Bulgarian National TV | |
| Three short animation films about Student TV Program, Nova TV | |
| A series of animation TV spots and advertisings, game design etc. |
Screenplays
| 2019 | ‘Weeds’ Gardener’ |
| 2013 | ‘No Way’ (co-written with Ivan Stoyanovich) |
| 2011 | ‘The Bearman from the Deep’ (co-written with Andrey Koulev) |
| 2011 | ‘Polar Explorers’ (in progress, co-written with Andrey Koulev) |
| 2008 | ‘The Piano Player’ (co-written with Andrey Koulev) |
| 2003 | ‘Extazy’ |
| 2001 | ‘Fake’ |
| 1999 | ‘Concentration’ (co-written with Ivan Stoyanovich) |
Exhibitions
| 2020 | One Man Poster Exhibition in FCC, Varna |
| 2016 | ‘Black on White’ Exhibition in Art Depot, Red Point Gallery, Sofia |
| 2015-16 | ‘Authors, Artists’ in Grafit Gallery, Varna and in The National Palace of Culture, Sofia |
| 2005 | ‘Little Season’ Fine Art Exhibition, Sfumato Theatre, Sofia |
| 2005 | ‘Genesis’ Sculpture Exhibition and Video Art inThe National Public Gallery, Sofia |
Graphic design and illustration
| 2021 | Poster of MONSTRINHA Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2021 | ‘IVAN VESSELINOV Grotesques & Caricatures’ fine art album |
| Since 2011 | Visual concept of World Festival of Animated Film, Varna |
| 2010 | Design of newspaper “Novinar” |
| Since 2008 | An illustrator and designer of books: |
| ‘Orient SEXpress’ aquarelles album by Anri Koulev | |
| ‘It Flies, Flies… An Elephant’ by Krastyu Pastuhov and Sevdalin Genov | |
| ‘We, the Sparrows’ a book illustrated by children, project of ‘Hug Me’ society | |
| ‘The Gipson Archive’a photo album by Ivo Hadjimishev | |
| ‘Tao Te Ching’ by Lao Dzi | |
| ‘Shrimp’ by Dimitar Kotzev Shosho | |
| ‘Cuckoo’ by Elin Rahnev | |
| ‘Always The Night’ by Todor Todorov | |
| Collection ‘Aquarium Medditerranean’ | |
| ‘Elle, par Bonheur et toujours nue’by Guy Goffette | |
| ’The Only Witness to Beauty’ by Miro Gavran | |
| ’Los girasoles ciegos’ by Alberto Méndez | |
| ’Leave some cake for us too, Mr. Kafka’ by Panos Stathogiannes | |
| ’The Origin’ by Vildan Çetin | |
| ’La Kryptonite nella borsa’ by Ivan Cotroneo | |
| ‘le Rapport Gabriel’ by Jean D’Ormesson | |
| ‘Huiku’ by Lyuben Dilov-son | |
| ‘Impossible Portraits’ by Antoaneta Bachurova | |
| Sinse 2013 | A designer of ‘KINO’ magazine |
| Since 2009 | A designer of ‘Ah, Maria’ literary magazine |
| 2008/10 | A designer of ‘Power and Wine’life style magazine |