She received a
Bachelor of Arts in Film and Theatre Studies at the
Sofia State Academy for Theatre and Film, in
Bulgaria in 1980. In 1982 she received a MFA in Film and Theatre Studies from the same institution. In 1999 she completed a PhD in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Humanities at
Concordia University. The work of Stojanova is mainly focused on Canadian multicultural cinema, Eastern European cinema and German cinema during the war. She also focuses on topics like theories of propaganda, cinema globalization and the phenomenon of mysticism. As an expert consultant in academic area, she has been recognized internationally. Her work has appeared in
Kinema. She has been teaching as an Associate Professor in the Department of Film at the
University of Regina since 2006. She has published several books on the history of cinema. In 2011, her co-edited book with Béla Szabados titled
Wittgenstein at the Movies: Cinematic Investigations was published by Lexington Books
. In 2013 she published a book titled
The Legacies of Jean-Luc Godard (WLU Press) along with Douglas Morrey and Nicole Cote. ==Selected works==