"Digger" Review〣Film Ireland
Is this Tom Cruise’s attempt to “dig himself out” of action stardom back to auteur cinema? Iveta reviews Alejandro G Iñárritu’s grandiose, yet solipsistic climate satire.
Film Journalist | Writer | Script Supervisor | Filmmaker
I’m a Dublin, Ireland-based independent writer and filmmaker, originally from Bulgaria with international producing and writing experience. With already 5 years of experience in film criticism under my belt, I have covered prestige film festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, Galway Film Fleagh, Dublin International Film Festival and recently Edinburgh International Film Festival, attended multiple press screenings and conducted interviews with various industry professionals, more recently with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Justin Chang.
I've been recently accepted for the highly competitive Film Journalism Mentorship programme with Film Ireland which will further refine my writing skills and open new doors.
More recently, I’ve been developing my experience as a script supervisor, working on several short film projects and currently shadowing an RTÉ production.
I’ve also worked professionally within a TV environment, specifically a writer's room, and have further experience with production assistance on set and event management, as well as some copywriting and translating service.
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MINT Emerging Critics Scheme 2026
This February marked the first time in my professional experience that I got to serve on a film jury panel being selected as a member of the Emerging Critics Jury for this years' MINT Chinese Film Festival. Being apart of the scheme gave me the chance to watch the entire short film selection and write reviews on a few of the features screenings.
Art as a transformation tool in Satoko Yokohama's Seaside Serendipity 〣 MINT Chinese Film Festival
Seaside Serendipity is a whimsical pastel watercoloured fable of intertwined vignettes about the fundamentals of being an artist and the corruption of adulthood over creativity. This film is best described as an artpiece consisting of several small fragments that at first glance have barely anything in common, but are tethered with the exploration of different art forms and the appearances of a few recurring objects like a sleek black cat. Based on the manga by Gin Miyoshi, the story takes place...
Yukari Sakamoto’s debut feature White Flowers and Fruits is a tender 〣 MINT Chinese Film Festival
Coming-of-age films are a genre that can easily fall into the trap of repetitiveness and stereotypes. From its cold opening Yukari Sakamoto’s debut is already stirring away from the conventional. A girl is climbing a fire escape one cold evening, determined almost as if possessed. She walks to the edge of the roof – brief pause – then jumps. The story takes place in an all-girls Christian boarding school, heavily inspired by European models, where a new student arrives – Anna. She instantly seem...