Born in 1987, Iliyana Kancheva lives and works in Sofia. In 2010 graduated of Stage Design(BA) and in 2014 graduated of Digital Arts(MA) in National Academy of Art in Sofia. Works in the field of theatre as well as experimenting with photography, video and interactive installations.In 2015 Iliyana is nominated for ESSL Award and the video “Today’s walk” is selected for “EUROVIDEO” Festival in Liege, Belgium. In 2014 participate in “Turn on the city”Art Festival in Burgas. In 2013 her  experimental films are selected for “Videoholica” International Festival for Video Art, Varna, “FAÇADE” Video Art Festival, Plovdiv in Bulgaria and “Videomedeja” Video Art Festival, Novi sad, Serbia. At Naoussa International Film Festival 2013, Greece Iliyana is awarded with “People’s Choice SEE Talents Experimental Award” for the short film “Autofocus”.