Adela Peeva holds a degree from the Academy for Film, Theatre and TV in Belgrade. From 1973 till 1990 she worked at the Documentary Film Studio in Sofia. The films of Adela Peeva are always dealing with controversial subjects. Some of her films (“In the name of sport“, “Mothers”) were prohibited by the communist regime. Later on, after the democratic changes the films were screened both in Bulgaria and abroad and awarded.

In 1991 she established her own production company „ADELA MEDIA”.

From that time dated also her interest about the Balkans. She made the following award wining films on Balkan subjects “Born from the Ashes”, “Right to chose“ “The Unwanted”, “Whose is this Song?” - Nominated for European Film Academy “Best Documentary - Prix ARTE” 2003 award, participated at over 50 International film festivals all over the World and was awarded 16 prizes, ”Divorce Albanian style” - Nominated for European Film Academy Best Documentary - Prix “ARTE” 2007

Other activities:

- Member of the European Film Academy,
- Member of the Board of European Documentary Network (till the end of 2004),
- Member of the Unions of the Bulgarian film makers and Bulgarian Producers
- National Coordinator of INPUT for Bulgaria
- Expert at the EAVE Workshops in Oulu, Finland -2004
- Expert at the EAVE forum "West meets East" in Utrecht, The Netherlands - 2004
- Guest-panelist at the World Congress of History Producers, Toronto - 2004
- Guest-panelist at the INPUT 2005 Conference, San Francisco -2005
- Member of the Jury of the European Film Academy for best documentary 2006
- Tutor at the “Training course for filmmakers“ Dublin, Ireland - 2007
- President of the Jury for documentary films
at Sarajevo International Film Festival - 2007