Mira Yankova was born in Sofia/Bulgaria. She graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Film and Television Direction at the NBU. Since then she has worked as a 2-D and 3-D animator, stage designer and assistant director in Bulgarian and foreign productions, and as a visual artist in the field of video art. In 2017, her work was presented at the 57th Venice Biennale and in numerous international projects in Lisbon, London, Bogota, Vienna etc. BUTTERFLY & MOUSE is her first short cartoon.