Nadezhda Koseva was born in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating from the National Academy for Theater and Film Art she directed the short fiction novel "The Ritual", part of the omnibus film "Lost and Found" which premiered at Forum Berlin IFF 2005.Nadejda Koseva's next short fiction film "Omelet" won a Special mention at Sundance Film Festival '09 among other awards worldwide. Her latest short film "Take Two" traveled around the world after winning a Special mention at its premier at Sarajevo IFF '11."Irina" is her debut feature film. In 2005 together with Svetla Tsotsorkova she founded the production company Front Film. Front Film produced the short fiction film "Waltzes and Tangos from the Village of Whitewater" (dir. Ivan Vladimirov) - Locarno IFF '07, the feature films "Buffer Zone" (dir. Georgi Djulgerov), "Thirst" (dir. Svetla Tsotsorkova)'- San Sebastian '15, EFA Discovery nomination '16 and "Ship in a Room" (dir. Lubomir Mladenov) - Tokyo IFF '17, Competition.