SVETLA GANEVA is a film director of photography, producer and co-founder of KANCELARIA FILM company.
She graduated from the French High School in Sofia, 1970 and the Institute of Cinematography VGIK, Moscow, 1975. Member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers; A.B.O.; IMAGO.
She has made over 30 feature films and 15 documentaries in Bulgaria and France. For more than 40 years she has been working with the director Anri Koulev and for 20 years with the French director Herve Bale.
She has won prestigious awards for cinematography, including the SBFD Award and the Bulgarian Academy of Film Arts; Cinematography Festival, Popovo as well as a Nomination for 7 d’or 1997, France.
Feature films
| 2020 | ONCE UPON A WAR, directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2017 | THE NIGHTS OF A LONELY MESSENGER, directed by Andrey Kulev |
| 2017 | MEMORIES OF FEAR, directed by Ivan Pavlov |
| 2012 | ZAHES, directed by directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2011 | FRANCOIS RABLE, directed by Herve Bale |
| 2008 | SMALL TALK, directed by Vladimir Kraev |
| 2006 | SPARROWS IN OCTOBER, dir. directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2005 | THE CRY, directed by Herve Bale |
| 2005 | NOT A BREATH, directed by Galya Kraleva |
| 2005 | OUR OTHER POSSIBLE LIFE, directed by Rumyana Petkova |
| 2004 | A LOVE TO HIDE, directed by Christian For |
| 2004 | THE LAST LORD OF THE BALKANS, dir Michel Favar |
| 2004 | THE HOUSE, directed by Andrey Kulev |
| 2003 | THE BIRD, directed by Galya Kraleva |
| 2003 | LIFE IS SO SHORT, directed by Herve Bale |
| 2002 | FIELD OF SUFFERING, directed by Hervé Bale |
| 2002 | MRS. DINOSAUR, dir. directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2001 | DESTINY AS A RAT, directed by Ivan Pavlov |
| 1999 | DRAW ME A TOY, directed by Hervé Bale |
| 1997 | BETWEEN LAND AND SEA, dir. Hervé Bale |
| 1994 | TALKING TO BIRDS, directed by Rumyana Petkova |
| 1992 | BURN, BURN LITTLE FIRE, directed by Rumyana Petkova |
| 1991 | THE PALAVER OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW, directed by Herve Bale |
| 1990 | THE FATHER OF THE EGG, directed by Anri Koulev |
| 1987 | STOP FOR STRANGERS, directed by Ivan Rosenov |
| 1986 | MURDERS, directed by Veselin Branev |
| 1985 | LANDING, directed by Rumyanya Petkova |
| 1983 | POET AND THE DEVIL, directed by Ivan Rosenov |
| 1981 | REFLECTIONS, directed by Rumyana Petkova |
| 1980 | THE DEATH OF THE RABBIT, dir. Anri Koulev |
| 1979 | MAYBE THE FRIGAT, directed by Petar Kaishev |
Documentaries
| 2021 | THE MAN WITH THE PIPE, directed by Andrey Kulev |
| 2017 | MARRY IS THE GIPSY LIFE, directed by Lyudmila Zhivkova |
| 2017 | LET ME SOAR UP IN THE SKY, directed by Galina Kraleva |
| 2015 | BOOK OF SILENCE, directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2012 | THE MYSTERY VEDA SLOVENA, directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2007 | SOULFUL, directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2000 | A SONG, directed by Roumiana Petkova |
| 1995 | INTERMEDIATE WORLD, directed by Rumyana Petkova |
| 1985 | SLOW TIME, directed by Galina Kraleva |
| 1979 | PEOPLE LIKE US, directed by Vesela Zareva |
| 1978 | TO LEARN, TO WORK, directed by Lili Usheva |
Producer
| 2021 | TO PUT IT MILDLY (animated feature film in production), directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2021 | WINTER EVENINGS (animated film in production), directed by Gergana Simeonova |
| 2017 | ALL SO MUCH HOGWASH (animated film), directed by Anri Koulev |
| 2017 | MIDNIGHT ELEGY (animated film), directed by Silvia Ivanova |