Boyan was selected from around 800 actors to join a series of Casting Director workshops in Tirana, Albania through the One Minute Monologue Initiative by Filmmakers Europe.
 
Workshops were lead by:
Lana Veenker (USA)
Marina Wijn (Netherlands)
Ellen Sofie Michelsen (Norway)
Timka Grin (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Maurilio Mangano (Italy)
Sofia Dimopoulou (Greece)