BIOGRAPHY

Siniša Cvetić was born in Belgrade, Serbia on February 26, 1994. He studied philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade from 2013 to 2016, then film and television directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, where he graduated. During his studies he directed several short films that screened and won awards at festivals, including Compromise, Silent Scream, Dinosaur and The Execution. His debut feature The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, produced by Košutnjak Film with support from the Film Center Serbia, premiered in competition at the 2022 Moscow International Film Festival, winning the Silver George for Best Director and the Audience Award, and went on to win over ten prizes at festivals worldwide. He later directed Jorgovani/Lilacs, a meta-comedy that became a Serbian box-office hit with over 200,000 viewers, featuring prominent Serbian actors. All his films were written by David Jakovljević, with whom he is developing Hajduks and Goosebumps.

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Siniša Cvetić (1994, Beograd, Srbija) studirao je filozofiju na Filozofskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu (2013–2016), a potom filmsku i televizijsku režiju na Fakultetu dramskih umjetnosti, gdje je i diplomirao. Tokom studija režirao je više kratkih filmova nagrađivanih na festivalima, među kojima su Kompromis, Tihi krik, Dinosaur i Egzekucija. Njegov dugometražni prvenac Sijecanje glave Svetog Jovana Krstitelja, produciran od strane Košutnjak Filma uz podršku Filmskog centra Srbije, premijerno je prikazan u takmičarskom programu Moskovskog međunarodnog filmskog festivala 2022, gdje je osvojio Srebrnog Đorđa za najbolju režiju i Nagradu publike, a potom i više od deset priznanja na festivalima širom svijeta. Nakon toga režirao je Jorgovani, metakomediju koja je postala bioskopski hit u Srbiji sa više od 200.000 gledalaca, u kojoj igraju istaknuti srpski glumci. Sve njegove filmove napisao je scenarista David Jakovljević, sa kojim trenutno razvija projekte Hajduci i Goosebumps.

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