The Live We Never Had AND Dyad

2026-07-22

The objective of the proposal is the successful financial, strategic and creative development of two feature projects by emerging Bulgarian talent, conceived as international co-productions and intended for cinematic distribution — Yana Titova’s second film DYAD and Martin Markov’s debut THE LIFE WE NEVER HAD. The development activities include the completion of comprehensive creative packages featuring all relevant narrative and visual elements re-purposed for both analogue and digital environments; location scouting, casting, acting coaching and preparation of non-professional actors; active participation in international project development training programs, co-production forums, film markets and other pitching events. The project would have an immense impact on the core creative teams (writer, director, producer, DOP) in their quest to establish and/or strengthen their reputation on the international film scene. It also plays a key role in the strategic development of NO BLINK, a company with a permanent staff of 4 and more than 50 project-based hires, that is solidly established on the Bulgarian market, has just completed one internationally distributed feature film, and is ready to broaden the scope of its activities and join the processes in the European film family. It would also have a ripple effect for all confirmed and projected partners. The expected result is to form organic, productive and sustainable partnerships that would allow us to accomplish a solid financial and production structure, maximize the film projects’ creative potential and enter the pre-production stage with confidence in the strength of our creative proposal, the sufficiency of resources, and the reliability of partners. The tangible outputs will include revised scripts and comprehensive creative dossiers, teasers, mood boards, and updated marketing and distribution plans, financial plans, budgets, artistic crew and casting.

Bulgaria

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