Film Academy for Talents is the new name of the school, now in its 3rd year of training and creating opportunities for talents young and old, aged 4 to 64, with a focus on cinema. We also have a new cause: to give disadvantaged people a chance to perform. In front of a camera and a panel, they will have the opportunity to act out scenes from a film alongside popular Bulgarian actors. With the help of their star partners and the guidance of a film director, this will offer a different kind of thrill and an exciting experience that is not readily accessible to disadvantaged talents. The short films resulting from these attempts may grow into a medium-length film. This is the first initiative of its kind! The new public face and manager of the Film Academy for Talents is Atanas Mihaylov. A brief introduction: Nasko Mihaylov is an actor and TV presenter. He graduated from Sofia’s 151st Secondary School, specialising in THEATRE and audiovisual technology, then studied acting for drama theatre at Krastyo Sarafov NATFA. He specialised in television and film arts at California State University. He performed as a singer in the boy band UP DOWN, which existed from 1998 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2005, he appeared in the film productions "One Child Too Many" and "A Church for Wolves". Nasko began his television career at MeloTVMania, where he was a presenter for seven years. He moved to music channel City TV, working on filming, editing and directing, as well as presenting various shows, while also appearing in several films. In 2009, he became the host of the Bulgarian adaptation of "Fear" on NOVA. He landed a leading role in the crime series "Mitrani Law Firm", as well as roles in "Sofia Residents in Excess", "Stolen Life", "Undercover" and the film "Bubblegum". In 2018, Nasko and Dani ICE from the cult group ICE CREAM formed a new band called ICE-TEAM. Since 2015, Nasko Mihaylov has been president of the Bulgarian Flyboard Federation and Bulgaria’s only professional competitor in the sport, one of the 100 extreme sports he practises. Since 2019, he has also taught at a music and performing arts school, helping young singers become true performers on stage. Here is what he says about himself: "My long-standing interests and knowledge in theatre, cinema and show business helped me develop an artistic approach to informal communication, which underlies my ease in communicating with different people. My involvement in outdoor activities and extreme sports /swimming, rock climbing, horse riding, fencing, gymnastics, stunt work, dance, skiing, snowboarding, kitesurfing, monoskiing, bungee jumping, parachuting, wakeboarding and Flyboarding, rappelling and many others/, together with my love of nature, strengthened my willpower and helped me develop skills for releasing stress and maintaining and spreading calm in the workplace. I am sociable and able to quickly include people and put them at ease, bringing out the best in everyone. I maintain contacts with people from different communities and cultures, which also relates to my varied knowledge and interests. Through my many years in show business, hosting numerous programmes, competitions, promotions, concerts and so on, I acquired personal qualities and skills in self-control and discipline, responsibility, concentration, and putting everyone at ease and engaging them in the tasks at hand. These are all qualities I believe I can pass on to the talents we discover with the Film Academy for Talents."