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Nick Stanchev

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Nick Stanchev
Lord Elmar hires a former pirate captain Aspar to find a mystic island where only children live. When the mortals land on the island, the kids decide to take action against the seafarers and protect their holy mother and goddess Bendida.

Produced by: Balkan Film Company Directed by: Nick Stanchev DoP: Emilian Dechev
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Children of Bendida - Official Trailer (2025)
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Nick Stanchev is a Bulgarian director, actor and screenwriter. The grandson of the popular Bulgarian opera singer and tenor Kolyu Abadzhimarinov.

In 2015 was released his debut feature film as a director and screenwriter, "The Girl from the Vile Land". Selected in the top 7 Bulgarian proposals for a foreign language film for the Academy Oscars.

In 2016, he filmed his short film "Luxurious Death" in England, which was selected at several festivals, including a nomination for best short film at the "Barcelona Planet Film Fest", as well as among the 10 best short Bulgarian films at the "Bulgarian Film Academy Awards". In 2016, he staged the first-ever fetish production of its kind in Bulgaria, "The Fairy of Passion", which was selected for the Askeer Awards in the "Innovative Dramaturgy" category (2017).

In 2019, his second feature film, "Tango in the Tunnel", was released. It was nominated for Best Drama at the "Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival". Stanchev also plays one of the main roles in the film. The same year he began teaching film acting at the New Actors Studio school. In 2024, the school under Stanchev's leadership won the "Best Vocational Training School" award from the "Eagle Education agency".

In 2022, his film "Digital Asylum" won over 10 awards from international film festivals. At the end of the same year, his feature novel "Am I not my brothers' Keeper?" was released, one of the first films about the war between Russia and Ukraine. It won 13 awards from world festivals in 2023.

Stanchev's third full-length feature film was released in 2025. He is a director and screenwriter. "Children of Bendida" is an adventure-fantasy. The film tells the story of a mythical island inhabited only by children with special abilities under the protection of the goddess Bendida. The film is a rare genre for Bulgarian cinematography.
BornSeptember 30, 1986
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    • Awards
      • 23 wins & 38 nominations total

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    Known for

    Nick Stanchev, Jivko Juranov, Vladimir Monchev, Georgi Grozev, and Joanna Izabella in The Girl from the Vile Land (2015)
    The Girl from the Vile Land
    6.8
    • Director(as Niki Stanchev)
    • 2015
    Yonko Dimitrov, Nick Stanchev, Zlateto Keremedchieva, Anna Bankina, and Liliq Lilova in Tango in the Tunnel (2019)
    Tango in the Tunnel
    7.5
    • Director(as Niki Stanchev)
    • 2019
    Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? (2022)
    Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper?
    9.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 2022
    Children of Bendida (2025)
    Children of Bendida
    7.5
    • Director
    • 2025

    Credits

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    Director



    • Snowcrawler
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • Completed



    • Children of Bendida (2025)
      Children of Bendida
      7.5
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Konstantin Ilev, Rossi Itoff, Velina Dimitrova, Vanya Georgieva, and Nick Stanchev in Digital Asylum (2022)
      Digital Asylum
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? (2022)
      Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper?
      9.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Nick Stanchev in BorderCharge (2019)
      BorderCharge
      Short
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2019
    • Trio Soprano - Big Love (2019)
      Trio Soprano - Big Love
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Yonko Dimitrov, Nick Stanchev, Zlateto Keremedchieva, Anna Bankina, and Liliq Lilova in Tango in the Tunnel (2019)
      Tango in the Tunnel
      7.5
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2019
    • Nick Stanchev and Didi Shipochka in Dark Wanderer (2018)
      Dark Wanderer
      Short
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2018
    • Nick Stanchev, Savvy Lova Nova, and Marcus Sedghi in Luxury Death (2017)
      Luxury Death
      8.9
      Short
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2017
    • The Cured
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Yana Marinova and Nick Stanchev in Hitchhiking for Diamonds (2015)
      Hitchhiking for Diamonds
      Short
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Nick Stanchev, Jivko Juranov, Vladimir Monchev, Georgi Grozev, and Joanna Izabella in The Girl from the Vile Land (2015)
      The Girl from the Vile Land
      6.8
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Delly Allen in Shaking (2015)
      Shaking
      7.4
      Short
      • Director (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • The Line of Life
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2014

    Actor



    • Snowcrawler
      • Banu (as Niki Stanchev)
      • Completed



    • Children of Bendida (2025)
      Children of Bendida
      7.5
      • Adult Teres
      • 2025
    • El corazón del Imperio (2021)
      El corazón del Imperio
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Lupercales (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2021
    • Search and Destroy (2020)
      Search and Destroy
      2.8
      • Jack
      • 2020
    • Stana Katic in Absentia (2017)
      Absentia
      7.2
      TV Series
      • FBI Agent (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2020
    • Assen Blatechki, Hristo Mutafchiev, Deyan Donkov, Stefka Yanorova, Alexander Sano, Dimo Alexiev, Raya Peeva, and Radina Borshosh in Yagodova luna (2020)
      Yagodova luna
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Yordan (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2020
    • Nick Stanchev in BorderCharge (2019)
      BorderCharge
      Short
      • Akira (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2019
    • Yonko Dimitrov, Nick Stanchev, Zlateto Keremedchieva, Anna Bankina, and Liliq Lilova in Tango in the Tunnel (2019)
      Tango in the Tunnel
      7.5
      • Toni Dimitrov (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2019
    • 2Br02B (2016)
      2Br02B
      Short
      • Krasimir Zoev (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2016
    • Reflections of Solitude (2016)
      Reflections of Solitude
      Video
      • Father
      • 2016
    • Yana Marinova and Nick Stanchev in Hitchhiking for Diamonds (2015)
      Hitchhiking for Diamonds
      Short
      • Rush (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Nick Stanchev, Jivko Juranov, Vladimir Monchev, Georgi Grozev, and Joanna Izabella in The Girl from the Vile Land (2015)
      The Girl from the Vile Land
      6.8
      • Friend 2 (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Salma Hayek and Adrien Brody in Insurrection (2015)
      Insurrection
      6.2
      • Refugee (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Delly Allen in Shaking (2015)
      Shaking
      7.4
      Short
      • (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Nick Stanchev in Penkin's Bridge (2014)
      Penkin's Bridge
      Short
      • Martin (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2014
    • Nick Stanchev in The Last Gift (2014)
      The Last Gift
      8.8
      Video
      • Stoian (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2014

    Writer



    • Snowcrawler
      • Writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • Completed



    • Children of Bendida (2025)
      Children of Bendida
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Konstantin Ilev, Rossi Itoff, Velina Dimitrova, Vanya Georgieva, and Nick Stanchev in Digital Asylum (2022)
      Digital Asylum
      7.9
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? (2022)
      Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper?
      9.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Nick Stanchev in BorderCharge (2019)
      BorderCharge
      Short
      • writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2019
    • Trio Soprano - Big Love (2019)
      Trio Soprano - Big Love
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Nick Stanchev and Didi Shipochka in Dark Wanderer (2018)
      Dark Wanderer
      Short
      • Writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2018
    • Nick Stanchev, Savvy Lova Nova, and Marcus Sedghi in Luxury Death (2017)
      Luxury Death
      8.9
      Short
      • Writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2017
    • Yana Marinova and Nick Stanchev in Hitchhiking for Diamonds (2015)
      Hitchhiking for Diamonds
      Short
      • Writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Nick Stanchev, Jivko Juranov, Vladimir Monchev, Georgi Grozev, and Joanna Izabella in The Girl from the Vile Land (2015)
      The Girl from the Vile Land
      6.8
      • head writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • Delly Allen in Shaking (2015)
      Shaking
      7.4
      Short
      • Writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2015
    • The Line of Life
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Nomer 1000 (2012)
      Nomer 1000
      8.4
      • Writer (as Niki Stanchev)
      • 2012
    • The Great Egg (2009)
      The Great Egg
      8.1
      Short
      • screenplay (as Nikolai Stanchev)
      • 2009

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    Videos5

    Children of Bendida - Official Trailer (2025)
    Demo Reel 2:32
    Children of Bendida - Official Trailer (2025)
    Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? - Trailer (2023)
    Demo Reel 1:31
    Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? - Trailer (2023)
    Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? - Trailer (2023)
    Demo Reel 1:31
    Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper? - Trailer (2023)
    The Girl From The Vile Land (2015) Official Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:46
    The Girl From The Vile Land (2015) Official Trailer
    Digital Asylum Trailer (2022)
    Demo Reel 1:33
    Digital Asylum Trailer (2022)
    Nick Stanchev ' FilmMaker Reel
    Demo Reel 6:02
    Nick Stanchev ' FilmMaker Reel

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Niki Stanchev
    • Height
      • 1.84 m
    • Born
      • September 30, 1986
      • Sofia, Bulgaria

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

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