Teodora Markova

Teodora Markova is a film and TV writer, based in Sofia. She has created and co-written some of the most successful TV series in Bulgaria, among which the internationally acclaimed crime show Under Cover (2011), nominated for Best Foreign TV series at Monte Carlo Television Festival and distributed in 187 territories. Her mini-series Father’s Day (2019) was in the Official Selection of Série Series Fontainebleau and part of Venice International Film Festival – Gap Financing Market.

Teodora has written four feature films. The romantic comedy Bubblegum (2017) brought her the Best Screenplay Award at the Bulgarian National Festival Golden Rose.

The latest project, co-created and co-written by Teodora, is the Latvian Soviet Jeans (2024). It was selected for Berlinale Series Market Selects and won the Audience Award and Best Actor Award at Series Mania 2024.

FILMOGRAPHY:             

2024 SOVIET JEANS – 8 episodes drama series, Latvia, financed by the Latvian Film Centre and GO3 Latvia – co-creator and writer

-       Berlinale Series Selects

-       Series Mania International Panorama Competition 2024

-       Best Series and Best Screenplay Award at the Latvian National Film Awards Lielais Kristaps

2024 GOLD WAR – 6 episodes limited series in development, co-creator and writer

-         Paramount Plus Award for best Drama project at MIA Market Rome

-         Supported by MEDIA CREATIVE EUROPE

-         Finalist at HYPEWRITER TV pitch forum

-         Selected at Tallinn TV Beats Co-Financing Market

-         Production grant from Bulgarian National Film Center

2024 THE LIFE WE NEVER HAD – feature film in development, production grant by the Bulgarian National Film Centre

-         Development Award - Transilvania Pitch Stop – TIFF 2023

-         Supported by MEDIA CREATIVE EUROPE

2024 THE AXIS OF LIFE – feature film in post-production, writer

2023 WAR OF LETTERS – 12 episodes period mystery drama, Bulgarian National Television, head writer and creative producer

2023 TO BURRY A DRAGON – short film, financed by the Bulgarian National Film Centre, writer

-         Best National Film - In the Palace International Film Festival 2023

2022 ANNA – feature film, financed by the Bulgarian National Film Centre, writer

2022 ME AND MY WIVES – 6 episodes limited series, the Bulgarian National Television, head-writer

2019 LETTERS FROM ANTARCTICA – feature film, financed by Bulgarian National Film Centre, writer

-          developed with the support of ScripTeast

2019 FATHER’S DAY - 6 episodes limited drama series, Bulgarian National Television, creator and writer

-         Série Series Fontainebleau – official selection

-         Selected by Venice International Film Festival – Gap Financing Market

-         Supported by MEDIA CREATIVE EUROPE

2019 TORQUE (BULGARIA/ITALY/FRANCE) – 12 episodes action drama, postponed, writer

2019 MR X AND THE SEA – 12 episodes weekly dramedy – NOVA TV, head-writer

2017 BUBBLE GUM – feature film, financed by the Bulgarian National Film Centre, writer

-         GOLDEN ROSE Bulgarian national film festival – Best Screenplay Award

-         Be Epic Film festival - London – Best Screenplay Award

2012 – 2015 REVOLUTION Z – 50 episodes weekly dramedy, bTV, head writer

2012 – 2014 THE FAMILY – 40 episodes weekly mystery drama, bTV, head writer

2011 – 2016 UNDER COVER Season 1 and Season 5 – 12 episodes weekly crime drama, Bulgarian National Television, creator and head writer

-         Nomination for Best Foreign TV Series at Monte Carlo Television Festival  

-         distributed in 187 territories

-         Best TV series award – Bulgarian film academy

2010 – 2012 GLASS HOME – 115 episodes weekly drama, bTV, head writer

-         distributed in 8 European countries