Svetlana Gencheva

24/08/2026

28/07/2026

The festival journey of Mythology of My Aquarium is coming to an end, and I’m delighted to share that the film is now available to watch for free on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oypLUpVUrhU

With 50+ official festival selections, 12 awards, and 2 nominations, the film has travelled around the world, creating unforgettable encounters and reaching audiences through international festivals, NGOs, and schools across the globe. I am deeply grateful to everyone who welcomed, supported, and believed in this project along the way.

A heartfelt thank you to our team, without whom none of this would have been possible ❤️

Written, animated, and directed by Svetlana Gencheva,
featuring original music by Philippe Marion,
with editing, sound design, and AI animation by Daniel Ahmakov,
and the voices of Benoît Marisal and Anika Jeliaskoff.

Mythology of My Aquarium is an animated story about light, darkness...

01/07/2026

It was a wonderful opportunity to present our research contribution, “Exploring the Impact of Linguistic and Epistemic Colonial Constraints in Biodiversity Law,” developed with Christine Frison as part of my collaboration with EcoLAWgy ULiege, during the Book Roundtable on The Language of Comparative Constitutional Law: Questioning Hegemonies at the ICON•S Annual Conference hosted by University College Dublin.

Many thanks to the organizers and to the discussionts Maartje De Visser, Jeong-In Yun , Dinesha Samararatne, Erika Arban, Ph.D, David Landau, Philipp Dann, and everyone who contributed to this thought-provoking conversation

EpistemicJustice UniversityOfLiège ResearchCreation

28/06/2026

Un très beau moment de partage et d’échanges autour de notre projet de recherche-création, mené avec Charlotte Krauss, consacré aux méta-cartes immersives des mondes de fiction 🧜‍♀️🌊

05/06/2026

Together with the Japanese artist duo , Makoto Tagawa and Shinya Fukasawa ( ), in La Roche-Posay and Poitiers, France, we reached a new milestone in our research-creation journey around the augmented reality kamishibaï (紙芝居) The Story of My Life, based on the work of
Through performances, seminars, workshops, an exhibition, and public discussions, we explored traditional and digital forms of sequential storytelling to create new narrative experiences across cultures.
A heartfelt thank you to MCL La Roche-Posay for making these inspiring encounters possible, and especially to FoReLLIS and the University of Poitiers for hosting our conference and fostering such enriching dialogue with students.

Thank you, dear friends .588 .takahashi.syutyu, for your creativity, dedication, and friendship, and thank you to everyone who continues to support this adventure!!! 🙏🙌🌷 We are one step closer to the production of our animated film currently in development

29/05/2026

Cartographier l’imaginaire : des pays de fiction aux mondes immersifs

Charlotte KRAUSS et Svetlana GENCHEVA /Lab. FoReLLIS Université de Poitiers / 🧜‍♀️🌊
30.05.2026/ 15h00 / Conférence / 45 min

Depuis des siècles, les cartes ne servent pas seulement à représenter le monde réel : elles accompagnent l’invention de mondes fictionnels. Nous explorerons la relation ancienne et féconde entre cartes et imaginaire, des premières utopies jusqu’aux dispositifs immersifs actuels, en passant par les cartes et atlas de pays imaginaires des XXe et XXIe siècles. Les domaines accueillant des cartes sont nombreux : littérature, jeux de société, jeux vidéo, cinéma, séries, bande dessinée …

10/04/2026

Short video about our encounter with the Indigenous Moyapampa sisters in Totora, Bolivia

The art-based workshop, Sun Prints of Interconnection with Nature, was held in Totora, Bolivia, on 21 November 2025. It was organised in collaboration with t...

22/03/2026

🎬 Trailer of our short animation created within the Healthy Path project at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Dedicated to the prevention of pulmonary embolism, this short animation provides accessible medical knowledge for healthcare professionals

Scenario, drawing & direction: Svetlana Gencheva
Original music: Philippe Marion
Editing and animation: Daniel Ahmakov

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