Founder of 5PhotoAward, Director, Film Maker, Photographer
Mehdi Shadizadeh is founder of 5Photoaward, he maked Documentary film about Abbas Kiarostami, the name is “Walking with the Wind” and “Single Tree” and “Dejhavoo”. He Attended more than ten domestic and foreign Exhibition.
cultural institute art Amordad.
Director- producer and documentary
Producer of the movie Dzhavu anad screened in art and experience department
Semi – length documentary making (First impression)and attendance at the us Elensburg competition
Short film making (room) and candidate for polish Grand off
Short film making (step five) and attendance at the international jaffalo festival in Italy
Attending solo and collective galleries insid and outsid the country
Atending the prestigious fabr gallery in Albany for the collection of photo s under the bark of trees.
Atending at the Insomina Gallery for the collection of photos under the bark of trees along with other artists from other countries.
Atending in the Albanian museum of contemporary art for the collection of under the bark of trees
Presence in the most prestigious arts in the word along with artists of all over the word
Mohammad Hassan Saadat Handi is a photographer and producer of Iranian cinema. He started his career in the theater in 1376. He is a member of the cinema house and a member of the board of directors and the Iranian Cinema Photographers Association. He is a member of the producers of Iranian cinema. And he was the managing director and chairman of the board of directors of Simorgh Nama Art Cultural Institute. He was selected as the best photographers of Iranian cinema in 2017. He was the secretary and chairman of the 8th celebration and competition of Iranian cinema photographers.
He is the advisor for the campus affairs of the Shahbar Cultural Institute and the director of the Mellat Cinematic Campus. He has been in more than 20 feature films as a photographer, producer and production manager.
Presence in louisioun Gallery in Istanbul city for the collection of the crows along with other artists of turkey.
Holding a solo exhibition of the tomorrow Gallery for the collection of photo s minimal in the snow.
Presence in Ehsan Gallery with the collection of photos the rain of behind glass(window) along with other artists.
Presence in Aprik Gllery with the collection of photos the rian of behind the glass (window) along with other artists
Born in İzmir, 1990. In 2008, she studied Latin Dances and Spanish at Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico. “Obezonlar” (2010), “Dönüşüm” (2011) and “Consensus” (2012) trilogy films are her well-known short films. In 2013, she graduated from Dokuz Eylül FOFA, Department of Film Design. In 2015, she founded Taranç & Taranç Film Production. In 2017, she has completed her MAF at Marmara University. In 2016, she directed and produced her first independent feature film, “Wish to Wash in Rains”, and received Audience Award at the 53rd Antalya Film Festival. “Snails” was awarded with the “Meeting on The Bridge Award” in 2021; also selected for the 2nd round of consideration for the 2022 “Development Track” in Sundance Film Lab. She is the founder and director of the “International Women Filmmakers Festival (IWFF TURKEY)” (est: 2018). She continues to write & compose her own songs. Digital album available on Spotify.
FILMOGRAPHY
FEATURE FILMS
YAĞMURLARDA YIKANSAM (2016)
Festivals & Awards:
53.Antalya Film Festival, Motley Audience Award, Turkey, 2016
Balkan Film Food Festival, Best Film Award, Pogradec, Albania, August 2016
Barcelona International Film Festival, The Gold Lion Award, Spain, June 2016
ISENMA International Student-Newcomer-Woman Filmmaker Film Festival, Best
International Feature Film Film, Gold Award, Endonesia, November 2016
4.Antakya Film Festival, Special Mention Best Engaged Film Turkey, November,2016
I Filmmaker International Film Festival, Special Mention, Spain, December 2016
9.Rofife Director Achievement Award, Mersin, Turkey, 2017
SHORT FILMS & DOCUMANTRIES
Sadıkbey(2023) Editor/Producer
Consensus (2012) Director
3rd International Izmir Women’s Festival, Active Women Award
DEU, Faculty of Fine Arts, Şenel Aksu Award the Best Thesis
İKFD (Istanbul Short Filmmakers Association), 11th National Short Film Festival, 1st
Prize, Fiction Category (Consensus)
Dönüşüm “dönüşebildiğimiz kadar” (Metamorphosis “as much as we can
metamorphose”) (2012)
3rd Identita Short Film Festival, Italy, 3rd Prize (public choice), Fiction category.
10th Environmental Short Film Festival, National Short Film Contest, 3rd Prize,
Fiction Category
Sinepark 6th Short Film Festival, (Gökçe Sezer) Best Actress Award
Sinepark 6th Short Film Festival, (Meryem Şahin) Best Screenplay Award
Anadolu’nun Son Karatabağı (The Last Leather Craftsman of Anatolia) (2012)
Kaçan Kovalanır (2011)
2nd Manisa Golden Grape Short Film Festival, 2nd Prize, Fiction Category
Obezonlar (Obezons) (2011)
Yolculuk (The Trip) (2010)
Nedensiz (Without a Reason) (2010)
Pembe Mariachi (The Pink Mariachi) (2010)
İki Ucu Ateş (Both Ends on Fire) (2007)
İzmir Valisi Kazım Dirik (Kazım Dirik, Governor of Izmir) (2006)
1st Agora Film Festival, Best Amateur Documentary Film Award
Aslı Filiz is an Istanbul-based producer. Born in İzmir in 1982, she studied Political Science and International
Relations at Boğaziçi University and obtained her master’s degree in Serial Storytelling at the Internationale
Filmschule Köln. She is an alumna of EAVE (2006) and the Berlinale Talent Campus (2009). In 2022, she
was selected as an international producer for Cannes MIPTV’s Producers to Watch catalogue. She was
also part of the Berlinale Co-Production Market selection committee in 2020 and 2021.
She has produced numerous internationally acclaimed films, including Zephyr, Future Lasts Forever, Voice
of My Father, Mix Tape, The Gulf, and Crossing. She also produced the anthological series 7Faces for
BluTV, The Town for Netflix, and 39 Degrees in the Shade for Amazon Prime Video. Currently, she is
developing film and series projects at Bir Film as a creative producer.
After graduating Keio University, Naoko studied film making at London Film School
and started her career in Tokyo, Japan. She has directed more than 300 TVCs, films,
branded contents, and music videos. Her past works as director and
cinematographer has been selected and awarded at various film and advertising
festivals such as Cannes Film Festival “Best European Shorts”, Hollywood Film
Festival, Moondance Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Tokyo Short Shorts
Film Festival, Moving Pictures International Film Festival, Honolulu Film Festival, Fuji
Sankei Group Advertising Award, Nihon Television Advertising Award, CCN Award,
ACC Awards and many more.
In 2012, she set up her own company and took her career globally, traveling
frequently to direct in the Asian Pacific regions. She can execute a wide range of
styles from emotional drama, comedy, to fashion and is one of the very few female
directors who works across continents. Apart from her directing profession, she is
eager to recognise, support, and inspire young women in the directors chair
Hooman Behmanesh, director of photography, was born in Gilan province, Lahijan, on January 26, 1981. Behmanesh is a graduate of cinema directing from Sura University of Isfahan. From his childhood, he had a keen interest in filmmaking and piloting. He says he is a child of war and got interested in cinema by watching war films of the 1980s. “I didn’t become a pilot,” he says, “But maybe today with the cinema, I’m flying around with more dreams. ” Behmanesh began his artistic career as a teenager and made several short films between the ages of 1995-1999 and edited or produced some. He has also served as assistant director on several films, the most notable of which is “Naff”. Hooman Behmanesh also experienced planning and editing in that film. Finally, it was in 2006 that he began his independent career as a director of photography with the movie “Those Three” directed by Naqi Nemati. Hooman Behmanesh is now regarded as one of the most experienced directors of photography in Iranian cinema. He is also a member of the Iranian Cinema Short Film Association, the National Elite Foundation of Iran, the Asian Pacific Academy of Motion Picture Science and Technology. Film ‘Sweet’ was a sweet adventure that Hooman Behmanesh experienced in his second independent work with Abbas Kiarostami. Then, he became one of the most prolific cameramen in cinema. His other activities include filming movies such as “Empty Seat” directed by Saman Esterki 2007, “Shoot at a Target” (Mohammad Katiraei 2008), “Wingless Peacocks” (Javad Mazdabadi 2008), “Voice of My Foot” (Mehrdad Khoshbakht 2009). , “There Are Things You Don’t Know” (Fardin Sahebzemani 2009), “Flower Face” (Vahid Mosaian 2010), “Simple Reception” (Mani Haghighi 2011), “I Feel Sleepy” (Reza Attaran 2011), “The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. Mim” (Ruhollah Hejazi 2011), “Sinners” (Faramarz Gharibian 2011), “Darband” (Parviz Shahbazi 2012), “The Living of Mr. Mahmoudi and and his Wife” (Ruhollah Hejazi 2012), “Melbourne” (Nima Javidi 2013), “Today” (Reza Mir Karkimi 2013), “Bahman” (Morteza Farshbaf 2013), “I’m Diego Maradona” (Bahram Tavakoli 2014), “Dragon Enters” (Mani Haghighi 2015), “Malaria” ( Parviz Shahbazi 2015), “A House in Forty-first Street” (Hamid Reza Ghorbani 2015), “Hot Summer” (Ebrahim Irajzad 2016), “My Second Year at College” (Rasul Sadr-e-Ali 2017), “Ninth Symphony” (Mohammad Reza Honarand 2017; ), “Figure” (Pouya Parsamagham 2018), “Living” (Hossein Amiri, Pedram Pouramiri 2018), “Indian” (Nima Javidi 1) and “Meter Shishonim” (Saeed Rustavi 2018). “Khorshid” (Majid Majidi 2019). Behmanesh also filmed long documentaries such as “President Mirqanbar” directed by Mohammad Shirvani 2005; “Where’s Lily?” Directed by Mohammad Shirvani 2006; “Cooking Recipes” directed by Mohammad Shirvani 2007; “Mothers of The World” Directed by Justin Shapiro 2007 and “lullaby” directed by Manizhe Hekmat. Despite his young age, He has had such a lucrative and prolific career in cinema and has been nominated and won numerous awards at various festivals. Among them are the Best Cinematography at the Sura Student Film Festival (2002), the Best Editing Award at the Iraqi International Film Festival (UNICEF 1999), the Best Cinematography Award at the Isfahan World Short Film Festival (2004), the Best Cinematography Award from Tehran Short Film Festival (2006), Best Documentary Cinematography Award at the First Documentary Film Festival (2007), Best Cinematography award at the Asia Pacific-Australia Film Festival (2007), Best Cinematography Award at the 10th Boston American International Film Festival (2012), Best Cinematography award of thirty-first Fajr Film Festival nomination for Darband (2012), nomination for Best Cinematography in Three Short Film Festivals of Iran Cinema, nomination for Best Cinematography for Asia Cinema Award (Hong Kong 2008), Honorary Diploma in Best Cinematography of 7th Celebration of Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers Association for “Darband” (2013), Nomination for Best Cinematography at Thirty-Second Fajr International Film Festival for “Today” (2013),
Nomination for Best Cinematography at 16th Iranian Cinema The movie “Simple Reception” (2013), Featured for Best Cinematography at Stockholm International Film Festival for “Melbourne” (2014), Nomination for Best Cinematography at Thirty-Fourth Fajr Film Festival for “Dragon Enters” (2015), Best Cinematography at 10th Celebration of Critics and Writers Iranian Cinema, Best Cinematography for “Hot Summer” in Thirty-fifth Fajr Film Festival (2016), Best Cinematography in Thirty-seventh Fajr Film Festival nomination for “6.5 Per Meter” (2018) Best Cinematography for the movie “Indian” at twenty First Celebration of Iranian Cinema (2019). Behmanesh has started teaching Cinematography since 2013 and has been active in the education of new talents in the cinema and has trained students and has also worked as an executive producer and investor in the “Hot Summer” and “Figure”.
– IMDb Mini Biography By: Morteza Sharaflou
Hooman Behmanesh, the director of photography, was born in Lahijan, Gilan province, on January 26th, 1981. Behmanesh is a graduate of Cinema Directing from Sura University of Isfahan. In his childhood, he had a keen interest in Filmmaking and Piloting. He says he was a child of war and got interested in Cinema by watching war movies of the 1980s. “I didn’t become a pilot,” he says, “But maybe today with the Cinema, I can fly higher and dreamier around the world.” Behmanesh began his Artistic Career when he was just a teenager and made several short films between 1995 and 1999. He has also done editing and produced some films and has also served as assistant director in several movies, the most notable of which is “Navel”. He’s experienced planning and editing in that film. Eventually, in 2006 he began his independent career as a director of photography with the movie “Those Three” directed by Naqi Nemati. Hooman Behmanesh is now known as one of the most experienced directors of photography in Iran. He is also a member of the Iranian Cinema Short Film Association (ISFA), Iran’s National Elites Foundation, the Asian-Pacific The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The movie ‘Sweet’ was a sweet adventure that Hooman Behmanesh experienced his second independent work with Abbas Kiarostami.
Soon, he became one of the most prolific cameramen in this industry. “Empty Chair” directed by Saman Esterki 2007, “Shoot at the Target” (Mohammad Katiraei 2008), “Featherless Peacocks” (Javad Mazdabadi 2008), “The Sound of My Foot” (Mehrdad Khoshbakht 2009). , “There Are Things You Don’t Know” (Fardin Sahebzemani 2009), “Golchehreh” (Vahid Mosaian 2010), “Modest Reception” (Mani Haghighi 2011), “I Feel Sleepy” (Reza Attaran 2011), “The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M” (Ruhollah Hejazi 2011), “Sinners” (Faramarz Gharibian 2011), “Darband” (Parviz Shahbazi 2012), “The Wedlock” (Ruhollah Hejazi 2012), “Melbourne” (Nima Javidi 2013), “Today” (Reza Mir Karkimi 2013), “Bahman” (Morteza Farshbaf 2013), “I’m Diego Maradona” (Bahram Tavakoli 2014), ” Enters the Dragon” (Mani Haghighi 2015), “Malaria” ( Parviz Shahbazi 2015), “A House in 41st Street” (Hamid Reza Ghorbani 2015), “The Hot Summer” (Ebrahim Irajzad 2016), “My Second Year at College” (Rasul Sadr-e-Ameli 2017), “Ninth Symphony” (Mohammad Reza Honarmand 2017; ), “Figure” (Pouya Parsa Magham 2018), “Life Hanging” (Hossein Amiri, Pedram Pouramiri 2018), “The Warden” (Nima Javidi 1) and “6.5 Million per meter” (Saeed Rustavi 2018). “the Sun” (Majid Majidi 2019). Behmanesh also filmed long documentaries; to name a few: “President Mirqanbar” directed by Mohammad Shirvani 2005; “Where’s Lily?” Directed by Mohammad Shirvani 2006; “Cooking Recipes” directed by Mohammad Shirvani 2007; “Mothers of The World” Directed by Justin Shapiro 2007 and “The Lullaby” directed by Manizhe Hekmat. Despite his young age, he has had such a lucrative and prolific career in cinema and has been nominated and won numerous awards in various festivals.
Among them are the “The Best Cinematography” at the Sura Student Film Festival (2002), the Best Film Editing at the Women at heart of Dahuk film festival (UNICEF 1999), the Best Cinematography Award at the Isfahan International Short Film Festival (2004), the Best Cinematography Award from Tehran Short Film Festival (2006), the Best Documentary Cinematography Award at the First “Documentary Film Festival” (2007), the Best Cinematography award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival (2007), Best Cinematography Award at the 10th Boston International Film Festival (2012), Best Cinematography award of 31st Fajr Film Festival for the movie “Darband” (2012), nomination for the Best Cinematography in three Short-Film Festivals of House of Cinema, nomination for the Best Cinematography for Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong 2008), Honorary Diploma in the Best Cinematography of the 7th Celebration of Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers Association for “Darband” (2013), Nomination for the Best Cinematography at Thirty-Second Fajr International Film Festival for the movie “Today” (2013), Nomination for the Best Cinematography at 16th Iranian Cinema The movie “Simple Reception” (2013), Featured for the Best Cinematography at Stockholm International Film Festival for “Melbourne” (2014), Nomination for the Best Cinematography at 34th Fajr Film Festival for “Enters the Dragon” (2015), the Best Cinematography at 10th Celebration of Critics and Writers Iranian Cinema, Best Cinematography for “The Hot Summer” in 35th Fajr Film Festival (2016); Nominee for the Best Cinematography in 37th Fajr International Film Festival for “6.5 Million Per Meter” (2018); the Best Cinematography for the movie “Redskin” at the 21st “House of Cinema celebration” (2019). Behmanesh has started teaching Cinematography since 2013 and tried to influence and inspire young students. He’s also worked as the executive producer and the investor in the “The Hot Summer” and “Figure”.
– IMDb Mini Biography By: Morteza Sharaflou
Albuțiu is independent photographer and filmmaker.
Born in Transylvania, Romania. He moved to Portugal in 2022, after 5 years of collaboration with
different Portuguese artists and institutions: Museu da Imagem em Movimento, Banco das Artes
Galeria, SERRA – Espaço Cultural, ICR Lisboa and Atelier Pop-Up. He started in 2022 a new
project about the river Lis, an installation with photography, audio, video and live performance.
Albutiu has a master degree in documentary Filmmaking. He published three photobooks: Rasto,
Chocolat après ballet and Framing A Romanian Landscape. The fourth photobook (HOST) is in
editing phase. He directed 3 documentaries: Khozyain, When Borders Get Indistinct and Without
Expectations. His newest film, Zarafe, is going to be premiered in November 2024.
Photography Exhibition
2023; Suprapuneri II; București/ collective
2023; Without Expectations ; Cluj Napoca
2023; utopos ; Leiria
2022; Suprapuneri ; București/ collective
2022; Rasto ; Leiria
2021; between the lines ; București/ collective
2021; Dansactorul ca fenomen. Punct ; Alba Iulia
2020; Cool Breeze In A Silent Landscape ; Târgu Mureș
2020; Under The Surface ; Leiria
2020; Family Of Dog ; Leiria
2019; Khozyain ; Leiria
2019; Khozyain ; Brașov
2019; New Energy ; Sibiu
2018; Cats and Moods ; Brăila
2018; Khozyain ; Cluj Napoca
2017; New Energy ; București
2017; New Energy ; Lisboa
2017; New Energy ; Leiria
2017; Cats ans Moods ; Brașov
2015; New Energy ; Bistrița
2015; Now’s the Time ; București/ collective
2014; Cats and Moods ; Podgorica
2014; Inside ; Cluj Napoca
2012; Jurnal de Culise ; Cluj Napoca
British-born Director and Producer based in Nara, the ancient capital of Japan.
Over 30-year career in international creative production spanning the film, television, advertising and publishing industries. Established production & management company creativehybrid, working with the finest Japanese and international creative talents.
In recent years has founded the development and creation of independent community and culture film-making, discovering and developing educational storytelling workshops, image and sound archives which have been presented across the Kansai area of Japan.
Maria Bălănean graduated Film Editing & Sound Design in 2014. Over the last 10 years she edited documentaries that were screened at many festivals such as Vision du Reel or Ji.hlava IDFF. In 2017 she joined a master program in visual anthropology, during which she directed her first documentary, Triplex Confinium, which was screened at several festivals and was nominated for Best Short Documentary at Romanian Film Awards (Gopo) in 2022. Since 2019 she’s been holding with her team documentary workshops for teenagers (https://atelieredefilmdocumentar.ro/films/). In the last 2+ years she’s also been working for Good Hands trailer house (goodhands.ro), exploring the world of trailer editing.
Filmography
Monsieur Markov (2025) Winner of the Best Research Award at the 13th Independent Documentary Cinema Celebration of Iran
Tange Rah (2013)
Lion Tomb (2012)
Dark Room (2011) – Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 3rd London Iranian Film Festival (2012)
Koul Farah (2010) – Jury Award at the Civico di Rovereto Museum in Italy (2010)
Second Home (2009) – Screened at the Iran International Documentary Film Festival, Cinema Verite
Where Do I Belong? (2008) – Jury Special Prize at the Iran International Documentary Film Festival Cinema Verite; screened at the Toronto International Documentary Film Festival and Women’s Film Festival in New Delhi (2013)
Article 61 (2004) – Screened at Locarno International Film Festival, Amsterdam IDFA Documentary Film Festival, Prague One World Film Festival, and Uppsala (Sweden) Iranian Women Festival
Murder & Murdered (2003) – Screened on Arte TV France and featured in various festivals and prestigious universities including UC Berkeley
Pire Hara (2001) – Award of Excellence at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; Grand Prix at the International Marine Kish Film Festival; participated in Cinema Du Reel in Paris, France; Special Prize of the Jury for Best Film in the National Competition; Best Director Award at the Yadegar Cultural Heritage Film
Festival
Pershang (2001) – Participated in Oberhausen International Film Festival, Germany
Charsho (2000) – Best Director Award at the International Iranian Cinema; screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala, India (2001)
Yufek (1999) – Grand Prix at Tampere International Film Festival; First Prize at the Arg-e Jadid Documentary Film Festival; Best Director at International Iranian Young Cinema; won a prize at Sheffield Film Festival, UK; participated in many film festivals in Europe, US, and Canada
Mahvash Sheikholeslami is an Iranian documentary filmmaker. She completed her early education at the Music Conservatory, earned a diploma in painting from the School of Fine Arts, and later graduated from the London Film School. Throughout her professional career, Mahvash has played a significant role in the Iranian film industry, working as a producer and deputy producer on numerous films and television series. She has collaborated with renowned filmmakers such as Abbas Kiarostami, Nasser Taghvai, Ali Hatami, Dariush Mehrjui, and others. Additionally, she has shared her expertise as a film production instructor at Tehran’s University of Radio and Television. Since 1996, Mahvash Sheikholeslami has been making her own independent films, focusing on cultural heritage, environmental issues, and women’s stories. She is a permanent member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Guild.
Awards and Film Festival Participations
Mahvash Sheikholeslami has participated as a jury member in several prestigious film festivals, including:
Cinema Verite Iran International (2015)
Celebration of Iranian Cinema (2015)
Ahvaz International Science Film Festival (2015)
Civico di Rovereto Museum in Italy (2015)
Armenian Women Film Festival in Yerevan (2012)
National Photography & Film Festival of Water in Isfahan, Iran (2009)
International Iranian Young Cinema
Abadan Short Film Festival
Zanan Documentary Festival
Naft (Oil) International Film Festival in Abadan
Cinema Iran Film Festival
International Fajr Film Festival in Iran (2003)
Kish Documentary Film Festival (2002)
Tampere International Film Festival in Finland (2000)
Conference and Meeting Participation
Mahvash has also participated in various conferences and meetings, including:
The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Film at the University of Oregon, Baker Downtown Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Anthropology Conference at the University of Isfahan (2011)
International Documentary Studies Conference at Boadicea University, Istanbul (2010)
Filmmaker and urban anthropologist from Istanbul.
She graduated from Bosphorous University Dept. Of Business Admiration. Earning full scholarship, she did her M.A. at New York University. She attended New School Film Program while she made the short film “Just Like Today” in New York. In Istanbul, she made award-winning documentaries, especially concerning urban issues. She directed her first narrative feature film called “Arabesque Underground” (Çekmekoy Underground, 2014). She is on the advisory board of International Women Filmmakers Festival, İzmir. She is the coordinator of the festival’s “Creating Characters from Izmir” section, in which filmmaking workshops as well as international masterclasses are organized. She is the founding member of Filmperest, Script Development Group. She’s making the radio program “Cinematic Cities” at APaçık Radio in Istanbul.
After 2003 Hatay earthquake, she founded the ASIST Civil Initiative and documented the earthquake zone for 24 months. She’s currently working on her feature-length fiction film “PEEKABOO” as well as the documentary film “SUBURBIA UNDERGROUND” (both films have been funded by the Cinema Production Fund of Turkish Ministry of Culture).
Markus Berger is an animation filmmaker and visual effects artist, with expertise also in sound design and immersive media, including virtual and augmented reality. After earning his masters degree in Digital Arts from the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria, Markus moved to Izmir, Türkiye, where he has been a faculty member at Dokuz Eylül University’s Faculty of Fine Arts in the Department of Cartoon and Animation since 2014. In addition to his teaching role, he recently completed his PhD in Arts and Design at Dokuz Eylül University.
Throughout his career, Markus has directed several short animated, fiction, and documentary films. He also has experience as an on-set sound mixer and visual effects supervisor, contributing to a range of professional feature length and short film projects. His multidisciplinary approach and passion for immersive media have led him to explore cutting-edge technologies and techniques in animation and film production in the search of new ways of visual storytelling.
Auf Maori – 2008 / Fiction Short
Sometimes on Sundays I Hoe – 2009 / Documentary Short
The Manufactory – 2012 / 3D Animated Short
Replay – Childhood in the Sandpit – 2013 / Animated
Documentary Short
Gukla – 2024 / Visual Effects Supervisor / Fiction Short
Maša Nešković / biography & filmography
Maša Nešković holds a degree in film directing and a Ph.D.
in polymedia art. She has directed short fiction films,
short and mid-length documentaries, and a feature film
“Asymmetry”, that were screened and won awards on
international film festivals.
She has directed 3 prime-time TV series, documentary series
for Vice TV, the “Serbia’s Got Talent” show, “The X Factor
Serbia” show, and several music videos.
In addition to her directing work, Maša works as a 1st AD
and casting director on films and TV series with both local
and international crews. She is also a certified intimacy
coordinator.
Maša participated as a director in EAVE, Sarajevo Talent
Campus, Les Arc’s co-production market and work in
progress sections, “This is it” in Trieste, Circle Women
Doc Accelerator and Circle Fiction Orbit.
She’s currently in development of her first feature-length documentary “KAFKA IN BELGRADE” , as
well as developement of her second fiction feature “IN FOG, FOLLOW THE DOTS”.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY (director):
Feature fiction films:
Asimetrija (Asymmetry), 93 min. (2019) / The film premiered at the Sao Paulo IFF (Brazil).
It won Best Director and Best Cinematography awards at Riverrun International Film Festival (USA)
in 2020, Best Narrative Feature award at Sidney World Film Festival (Australia) in 2020 and
received an honorable mention at Bushwick Film Festival (USA) in 2020. The film was also awarded
for Best Cinematography and Best Editing at the Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade.
TV Series:
Ubice mog oca, season 5 (2022, 12 episodes)
Besa, season 2 (2022, 2 episodes)
Bunar, season 1 (2022, 11 episodes)
Short fiction:
Dvoje (Twosome), 30 min. (2015)
Ovo drveće će i dalje biti tu (These trees will still be here), 14 min. (2015)
Prostor između nas (The Space Between Us), 18 min. (2013)
Bez traga (Without a trace), 27 min. (2009)
Documentaries:
Kafka u Beogradu (Kafka in Belgrade) – in development, feature film (2025)
Ćerke Crne Gore (Daughters of Montenegro), 37 min. (2018)
Materinstvo: odloženo (Motherhood: delayed), 40 min. (2017)
Štefica, 23 min. (2015)
Aleksandar, 17 min. (2015)
Mačkica (Pussycat), 24 min. (2015)
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