Maya Vitkova-Kosev (1978) is a Bulgarian writer-director and producer based in Barcelona. She directed and produced the short films “Stanka Goes Home” (2010) and “My Tired Father” (2011). The debut feature “Viktoria” (2014) was the first Bulgarian film selected for the Sundance Film Festival’s Competition. Her second feature “One Month” (2026) is a Bulgarian-Romanian-Spanish co-production. Her films often combine dark humour, intimacy and absurdity to explore family ties, belonging and the fragile balance between personal freedom and inherited expectations. She is currently developing her next feature “Afrika”.