Radostina Neykova graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts Kr. Sarafov with an MFA in Film Studies and Animation Directing. She is Associate Professor, PhD in the Institute of Arts Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Science. She teaches Dramaturgy of Animated Film and Animation Techniques at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts Kr. Sarafov. She directed the award-winning animated shorts Ugly Fairy Tale (2018), Grumpy Does Repairs (2015), and Trip (2011). She teaches at animation workshops in Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Russia, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Macedonia, and Germany.