Kristina Grozeva

[citation needed] She has master's degrees in journalism and film and television directing from Sofia University and the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, respectively.

[citation needed] Since graduation, Grozeva has been working with her husband, fellow Bulgarian director Petar Valchanov.

[2] Their 2019 film The Father, which features a brief appearance by their then-student Maria Bakalova, won the Crystal Globe Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

[3] Both Glory and The Father were selected as the Bulgarian entries for the Best International Feature Film at the 90th and 93rd Academy Awards, respectively.

[4][5] The third film of their "newspaper clippings" trilogy (after The Lesson and Glory) is the 2024 comedy Triumph, based on the 1990s excavation of the "Tsarichina Hole" by the Bulgarian military following the instructions of a psychic.