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Svilen Dimitrov is a visionary animation director whose storytelling excellence, unique style and bitter-sweet sense of humor have been recognised from the start of his career when his graduation film, The Air Ace (2007), was selected for the Berlinale Generation. It was followed by the short animation, Rew Day (2012), which premiered in the Annecy IAFF's out of competition selection. In 2021 he completed Shell in Love combining 2D animation techniques with live-action footage. The film premiered at Warsaw film festival and won all major awards for Bulgarian animation. Svilen works full time for Miramar film, the production company behind all his films, where he has created numerous commercials and visual effects for several feature films.