BIOGRAPHY

Sara Stijović is a Montenegrin film director. She graduated in Film directing and Documentary film at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts Cetinje. As an Erasmus Mundus scholarship holder she gained MA diploma from KinoEyes - European Film Masters joint masters degree. She is a Royal Dutch Foundation awardee as a promising young artist, Sarajevo Talents alumna and Al Jazeera Ambassador certificate holder. Her previous short fiction and documentary films have been internationally screened and awarded and were part of official selections of BAFTA and Academy award qualifying film festivals. Her upcoming short, “Sourdough”, is made in coproduction with Antitalent (Croatia) and Tramal Films (Slovenia). The project has received support from Film Centre of Montenegro, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre. Sara is a student film programmer for Montenegro’s oldest film festival - Herceg Novi Film Festival.

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Sara Stijović je crnogorska filmska rediteljka. Diplomirala je filmsku režiju i dokumentarni film na Fakultetu dramskih umjetnosti na Cetinju. Kao stipendistkinja Erasmus Mundus programa stekla je master diplomu na zajedničkom master programu KinoEyes – European Film Masters. Dobitnica je nagrade Kraljevske holandske fondacije za perspektivne mlade umjetnike, alumnistkinja programa Sarajevo Talents i nositeljka sertifikata Al Jazeera Ambasadora. Njeni prethodni kratki igrani i dokumentarni filmovi prikazani su i nagrađivani na međunarodnim festivalima, te uvršteni u zvanične selekcije festivala kvalifikacionih za BAFTA i nagradu Američke akademije (Oskar). Njen predstojeći kratki film Sourdough nastaje u koprodukciji sa Antitalent (Hrvatska) i Tramal Films (Slovenija), uz podršku Filmskog centra Crne Gore, Hrvatskog audiovizualnog centra i Slovenačkog filmskog centra. Sara je i selektorka studentskog filmskog programa na najstarijem crnogorskom filmskom festivalu – Filmskom festivalu Herceg Novi.

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