Savina Petkova

Trained in philosophy at Sofia University in Bulgaria, Savina Petkova then completed a Master's in Film Studies at University College London. Her research interests concern animal representation in contemporary European cinema, as well as animal metamorphoses in popular culture. Her film criticism has been published in MUBI Notebook, Electric Ghost Magazine, and Photogénie.

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Streaming Closeness: A Review of Present.Perfect

Visual and New Media Review

Streaming Closeness: A Review of Present.Perfect

Since its inception in 2005, the live-streaming industry has grown into a $5 billion enterprise. Today, hundreds of thousands of Chinese anchors (主播; zhu bo) ar... More

The Politics of Compilation: Around India with Sandhya Suri

Visual and New Media Review

The Politics of Compilation: Around India with Sandhya Suri

How does one approach the past? Whether as a vast, uneven field, a spiral, or a stairway, spatial metaphors fail to do justice to time. Excavating memory, as ... More