Kiril Totev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1985. He started his career as a filmmaker with several short films created by himself. In 2002 he founded unofficially a small film studio named "Clapboard Film Studio". There, Kiril managed to persuade some friends and passionate filmmakers to work with him in the creation of independent short films. Kiril attended the Technical University of Sofia and later the Sofia University, where he studied Security for Computer Systems and Networks. Even that his specialization was not related to filmmaking, Kiril never let go his passion, so during his studies he also attended Film Directing and Cinematography extended courses at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2016 Kiril moved to Stockholm, Sweden.