Directors Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Bojan Mustur

Sarajevo, 2015.

Mirna Dizdarević, rođena u Sarajevu 1992. godine. Seli se u Zagreb u periodu rata od 1992 do 1995 godine, nakon čega se vraća u Sarajevo. Poslije srednje škole završene u Bratislavi,Slovačka, Mirna se vraća u Sarajevo da studira filmsku režiju na Sarajevskoj Filmskoj Akademiji u klasi Dekana Nenada Dizdarevića. Tokom studija pisala je scenarije, montirala, i režirala veliki broj režijskih vježbi i svoj prvi dokumentarni film pod nazivom Vita Mulier. Na posljednjoj godini njenih studija režira svoj prvi kratki film Iskupljenje za koji dobija nagradu za najbolji studentski film 20. Sarajevo Film Festivala. Radila je i kao asistent reditelja Dine Mustafića na dvije njegove predstave, gdje se zaljubljuje u teatar i priprema se za rad na svojoj prvoj predstavi. Predstojeći projekat: • Sam Shepard - Stanje Šoka Producent: SARTR Mirna Dizdarević was born in Sarajevo in 1992. She moves to Zagreb in the war period from 1992/1995, after which she returns to Sarajevo. After finishing high school in Bratislava, Slovakia, Mirna returns to Sarajevo to study film directing at the Sarajevo Film Academy under the mentorship of Dean Nenad Dizdarević. During her studies she wrote scripts, edited, and directed numerous directing excercizes, and also directed her first documentary film called Vita Mulier. In the final year of her studies she directs her first short film called Redemption (Iskupljenje) for which Mirna receives an awards for best student film at the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival. She worked as an assistant director for Dino Mustafić on two of his plays, where she fell in love with theater and is currently preparing to work on her first play. Upcoming project: • Sam Shepard – State of Shock Producer: SARTR

Udruženje rediteljica i reditelja u BiH

Zulfikar Filandra je rođen 18.9.1989. u Sarajevu, Bosna i Hercegovina. Trenutno je MA student multimedijalne Režije na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti Sarajevo. Predstava Zid (Jean Paul Sartre) bila je njegov debi u profesionalnom pozorištu (SARTR, 2013 i 2014). Za kratki film baziran na istom materijalu dobio je Special Jury Award na SFF 2014, u

kategoriji studentskog filma. U pozorištu je također režirao tekstove Samuela Becketta, Martina McDonagha i Petra Kočića. Koredatelj je sa Annom Kosiorowskom nove međunarodne koprodukcije SARTR-a, Još jedan vrt zemaljskih radosti (2015). Zulfikar radi i na polju produciranja, eksperimentalne muzike i performansa. Predstojeći projekti: • Gdje je utopija 21 vijeka (Donald Barthelme, Rastko Antić) • Život i smrt Piera Paola Pasolinija (Autorski projekt) • Privlačnost radikalnog islama (Autorski projekt)

Zulfikar Filandra was born on 18.9.1989. in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a MA student of Theater, Film and TV directing in Sarajevo’s Academy of Performing Arts. The Wall (Jean Paul Sartre) was his debut in professional theater in Sarajevo’s SARTR theater in 2013 and 2014. For the short movie based on the same material he was awarded on the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2014, with a Special Jury Award in the category of student films. In theater he also directed works of Samuel Beckett, Martin McDonagh and Petar Kočić. Recently, he co-directed the new internatonal production in SARTR, Another Garden of Earthly Delights (2015), with Anna Kosiorowska. Zulfikar also works in the field of production, experimental music and performance. Upcoming projects: • Where is the 21st century utopia (Donald Barthelme, Rastko Antić) • The life and death of Pasolini (Zulfikar Filandra) • Attractiveness of radical islam (Zulfikar Filandra

Udruženje rediteljica i reditelja u BiH

Elma Islamović rođena je 1980. god u Sarajevu. Diplomirala režiju na Akademiji Scenskih Umjetnosti u Sarajevu 2014. Tokom studija, režirala Mahnitanje u dvoje, Eugena Joneska, komad koji je nastavio profesionalni život na Otvorenoj Sceni Obala; 4.48 Psihozu Sare Kejn, Gospođicu Juliju August Strindberga i Parazite Mariusa von Majeburga kao diplomsku predstavu. Od studentskih kratkih filmova dokumentarac To je naše dijete dobio je nagradu za najbolji dokumentarni film u Banja Luci. Radila kao asistent na filmu Mliječni put 2000, kao asistent tona na filmu Buried Land 2008, prvi asistent diplomskom filmu Trip Saše Peševskog 2013 i prvi asistent na kratkom filmu Biance Lucas 2014, u kojem se pojavljuje u epizodnoj ulozi. Glumila u još dva kratka filma Biance Lucas u glavnim ulogama. Režirala dječiju predstavu Ružno pače 2010. u produkciji EastWest Centra. Sa Magacin Kabareom sarađuje 2012 god, režirajući politički kabare Dugo putovanje u EU ili Miješano meso. Autorica neobjavljene intimne drame G 420. Predstojeći projekat: • Radni naslov: Naučna konferencija Tradicionalna odgojna metodologija kao temelj uspjeha – preko 200 godina Produkcija: teatarska kompanija EastWest Elma Islamović was born in 1980. in Sarajevo. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2014, directing depratment. During studies, she directed Delire a Deux, by E. Ionesco, a play that continued professional life at Otvorena Scena Obala, 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane, Miss Julie by A. Strindberg and Parasites by M. Von Mayenburg as a graduate performance. The short student documentary That’s Our Child was awarded for best documentary film at Banja Luka. She worked as directors assistent on Milky Way in 2000, as sound assistent on movie Buried Land in 2008, first director assistant to graduate short film Trip by Saša Peševski 2013 and first assistant to Bianca Lucas’s short film in 2014, in which also appeared as an actress. She played in another two short experimental films by Bianca Lucas. Directed children play Ugly Duckling in 2010 in EastWest Theater Company production. Cooperated with Magacin Kabare in 2012, directing political cabare performance Long Journey to EU, or Mixed Meat. She has written unpublished intimate drama G 420. Upcoming project: • Working title: Scientific conference Traditional metodology of upbringing as a base of success – over 200 years Production: EastWest Theater Company

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Nermin Hamzagić (rođen 1986.) diplomirao je režiju na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti u Sarajevu. Bavi se filmskom i pozorišnom režijom. Autor je niza uspješnih dokumentarnih i kratkih igranih filmova - Dreamers, Vehabije u tramvaju, LIFT, Posao iz snova, Poništeni, Kalo, Soul Train, koji su prikazivani i nagrađivani na mnogobrojnim festivalima u svijetu. Radio je kao teatarski producent i asistent režije na dugometražnom filmu. U pozorištu je režirao Kopenhagen Michaela Frayna, Ulica divljih kestenova Danila Kiša, 99 % (Strah i bijeda Trećeg rajha) B. Brechta, Tartif, J. B. Poquelin Molierea, Pobunjenik M.K. Heinricha von Kleista. Bio je član žirija 54. Internacionalnog teatarskog festivala MESS. Projekat u pripremi : • Teatarski performans Welcome ( radni naslov) Nermin Hamzagić was born in 1986. He graduated directing at Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. He is a film and theater director. He is author of many successful documentary and short feature films – Dreamers, Salafists in the Tram, LIFT, Dream Job, Cancelled, Kalo, Soul Train, which were presented and awarded at many festivals worldwide. He worked as theater producer and director assistant at film. In theater, Hamzagić directed Kopenhagen By Michael Frayn, Street of Wild Chestnuts by DaniloKiš, 99% (Fear and Misery of The Third Reich) by B. Brecht, Tartuffe by Moliere, Rebel M.K. by Heinrich von Kleist. He was a member of the jury of 54. International Theater Festival MESS. Upcoming Project: • Theater Performance Welcome (working title)

Udruženje rediteljica i reditelja u BiH

Selma Spahić rođena je 1986. god. Diplomirala je režiju na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti u Sarajevu. Režirala je predstave i držala pozorišne radionice u Bosni i Hercegovini, Srbiji, Hrvatskoj, Crnoj Gori, UK-u… Režije joj uključuju postavke dramskih klasika, savremenih svjetskih i bh. dramskih tekstova kao i dokumentarne predstave. Njen rad je višestruko nagrađivan na festivalima u Bosni i Hercegovini i regiji, te bilježi učešće na nekim od najznačajnijih evropskih festivala poput Neue Theater Stücke aus Europa u Wiesbadenu, u Njemačkoj. Od 2009. dio je selektorskog tima, a od 2012. i Umjetnička direktorica Internacionalnog teatarskog festivala MESS u Sarajevu. Predstojeći projekti: • Ferenc Molnár: Liliom, SNG Drama, Ljubljana, Slovenija • Simona Semenič: tisočdevetstoenainosemdeset, SNG Maribor, Slovenija • Moja Fabrika, po motivima knjige Selvedina Avdića, BNP Zenica, BiH Selma Spahić was born in 1986. She graduated Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. She has directed plays, devised theater pieces and led workshops in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, UK... She directs classical plays, but she also focuses on the staging of B&H and regional contemporary drama, as well as devised and documentary theater. Her performances have been awarded on numerous festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region, and have participated in some of the most prominent European festivals such as Neue Theater Stücke aus Europa in Wiesbaden. She has been one of the programmers of International Theater Festival MESS since 2009, and since 2012 she is also the Artistic Director of the Festival. Upcoming projects: • Ferenc Molnár: Liliom, SNG Drama, Ljubljana, Slovenia • Simona Semenič: tisočdevetstoenainosemdeset, SNG Maribor, Slovenia • My Factory, based on the motifs of the book by Selvedin Avdić, BNP Zenica, BiH

Udruženje rediteljica i reditelja u BiH

Goran Damjanac rođen je 9.11.1976. u Brčkom. Diplomirao je pozorišnu režiju 2009. god. na Akademiji umjetnosti Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci u klasi prof. emeritusa Svetozara Rapajića. Trenutno je zaposlen na Akademiji umjetnosti Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci kao asistent na Katedri za pozorišnu režiju. Režirao je, između ostalih predstave: Pekićeva traka: dnevnik duše, Lijepi, veliki, jaki, Orfej u podzemlju, Kandilo u rozarijumu, Nobelovac i Travnik i mnoge druge. Trenutni projekti: U okviru projekta • Are we family? - Independent cultural actors exploring family models in Western Balkans realizirat će predstavu po romanu Ingmara Bergmana: Rođeni u nedelju. Goran Damjanac was born 09.11.1976 in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Graduated theater directing 2009, at the Academy of Arts Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently working as teacher assistant for subject Theater Directing, at the Academy of Arts, Banja Luka. He directed, among other titles: Pekic’s Tape: Diary of Soul, Big, Strong and handsome, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Cresset in Rosarium, Nobel Prize Winner and Travnik, etc. Upcoming projects: In the framework of the project • Are we family? - Independent cultural actors exploring family models in Western Balkans he will stage the performance based on the novel by Ingmar Bergman Born on Sunday.

Udruženje rediteljica i reditelja u BiH

Tanja Miletić Oručević rođena je u Sarajevu 1970. U Krakowu je magistrirala na Odsjeku za dramsku režiju Visoke državne teatarske škole „Ludwik Solski“ u Krakowu, a u Brnu doktorirala dramsku umjetnost – režiju na akademiji JAMU. Prve produkcije režirala je 1990tih u nezavisnom studiju Laznia u Krakowu, koga je bila suosnivačica. Od početka 2000-tih djeluje kao rediteljka uglavnom u Bosni i Hercegovini i regionu bivše Jugoslavije. Režirala je preko 30 profesionalnih i akademskih predstava u profesionalnim pozorištima Bosne i Hercegovine, CTC Skopje, mađarskoj drami Narodnog pozorišta u Subotici , Festivalu Dionysia u Rimu, te na Praškom Kvadrijenalu. U svom rediteljskom radu posebno se zanima za suvremeni dramski tekst, a posljednjih godina se zanima i za autorski dokumentarni teatar. Suosnivačica je Odsjeka za dramsku umjetnost – glumu na Fakultetu humanističkih nauka u Mostaru, na kome je 8 godina predavala glumu. Piše eseje o problematici suvremene drame, gender i društvenim pitanjima. Prevodi sa poljskog jezika. Živi u Mostaru. Trenutno radi kao direktorica J.U. Mostarski teatar mladih. Predstojeći projekti: • Sveto S, autorski dokumentarni komad u Bosanskom narodnom pozorištu u Zenici • Szaberplac (radni naslov) – devised / dokument u Suvremenom teatru u Wroclawu • Ispovijest mazohiste Romana Sikore u Narodnom pozorištu u Tuzli Tanja Miletić Oručević was born in Sarajevo in 1970. She finished MA in Drama Directing in Cracow and achieved her PhD in drama and directing at JAMU Brno. She directed her first productions in the 1990’s at Independent Theater Studio Laznia in Cracow, of which she was co-founder. From the beginning of 2000’s she has been directing mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Yugoslavia. She directed more than 30 professional and academic performances in professional theaters of Bosnia and Herzegovina, CTC Skopje, Hungarian drama of National Theater in Subotica, Festical Dionysia in Rome and in Prague Quadriennale. In her directing work she is mostly interested in contemporary plays, and in last years she has become interested in authorial documentary theater. She is co-founder of Drama and Acting Department at Faculty of Humanities in Mostar, where she taught acting for 8 years. She writes papers on contemporary drama, gender and social issues. She translates from Polish. She lives in Mostar, presently working as manager of Mostar Youth Theater. Upcoming projects: • Saint S, authorial documentary play in Bosnian National Theater in Zenica • Szaberplac (working title) – devised / documentary in Contemporary Theater in Wroclaw • Confession of a Masochist by Roman Sikora in National Theater in Tuzla

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Dino Mustafić je diplomirao na Odsjeku za režiju, na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti u Sarajevu, i na Odsjeku za opštu književnost na Filozofskom fakultetu u Sarajevu. Režirao je u mnogim pozorištima i gradovima regiona i Evrope (Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Beograd, Skoplje, Podgorica, Tirana, Sofija, Trst, Pariz itd). Postavio je više od 50 drama klasičnih i savremenih pisaca. Za svoj rad višestruko je nagrađivan u zemlji i inostranstvu, te je sa predstavama gostovao na brojnim svjetskim festivalima (u Italiji, Kolumbiji, Kanadi, Meksiku, Austriji, Španiji, Njemačkoj…). Snimio je više dokumentarnih filmova i dugometražni igrani film Remake, koji je gostovao na preko 40 svjetskih festivala. Od januara 2003. do decembra 2005. godine bio je Umjetnički direktor Drame u Narodnom pozorištu Sarajevo. Od 1997. godine na čelu je najstarijeg pozorišnog festivala u regionu - Internacionalnog teatarskog festivala MESS, kojeg je obnovio nakon opsade Sarajeva sa svojim saradničkim timom. Predstojeći projekti: • Dijete, Jon Fosse, Narodno pozorište Tirana, Albanija • Projekat po motivima tekstova D. Harmsa, Teatar “Komedija” Skoplje, Makedonija • Dekalog kapitala, BITEF teatar, Beograd, Srbija Dino Mustafić is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts, Department of Directing, and the Department of General Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. He had directed in many theaters and cities in the region and Europe (Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade, Podgorica, Tirana, Sofia, Trieste, Paris etc). He staged more than 50 plays by classical and contemporary writers. With his performances he participated in festivals throughout the world (Italy, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Canada, Germany, Austria etc). He has won numerous awards for his work in B&H and abroad. He directed several documentaries and a feature film Remake, which was shown at more than 40 festivals. From January 2003 to December 2005, he was the Artistic Director of Drama in the National Theater in Sarajevo. Since 1997, he has been at the helm of the oldest theater festival in the region, International Theater Festival MESS, which he restated after the siege of Sarajevo together with his collaborative team. Upcoming projects: • The Child, Jon Fosse, National Theater Tirana, Albania • A project based on the texts by D. Harms, Theater “Comedy” Skopje, Macedonia • The Decalogue of Capital, BITEF Theater, Belgrade, Serbia

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Jasmin Duraković rođen je 1966. godine u Bugojnu. Bio je dugogodišnji novinar, autor dokumentarnih i igranih filmova, producent te generalni direktor Radio Televizije Federacije BiH. Reditelj je pozorišnih predstava: Big sister: U mreži života i Cabaret 2014. Autor je dramskih tekstova Te sjajne godine opsade, Grad od snova 2000. Objavljena mu je knjiga - izbor drama Drame. Projekat u pripremi: • Mjuzikl Plavi voz, na osnovu priče o Plavom vozu, odnosno Vozu mira, koji je pripadao Josipu Brozu Titu. Jasmin Duraković was born in 1966 in Bugojno. He was a journalist for many years, author of documentary and feature films, producer and general manager of Radio and Television of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He directed theater performances. Big Sister: In the Net of Life and Cabaret 2014. He is author of the plays Those Wonderful Years of Siege, City of Dreams 2000. The collection of his plays was published in the book Dramas. Upcoming project: • Musical Blue Train based on the story of Josip Broz Tito’s Blue Train or Train of Piece.

Udruženje rediteljica i reditelja u BiH

Haris Pašović, jedan od vodećih pozorišnih reditelja u Jugoistočnoj Evropi, stvorio je ime još 80tih godina prošlog stoljeća predstavom Buđenje proleća u Beogradu.Tokom opsade Sarajeva (1992-1995), Pašović je najveći dio vremena bio u Sarajevu, gdje je predvodio Internacionalni teatarski festival MESS. Režirao je komade i producirao nekoliko predstava, između ostalih čuvenu predstavu Čekajući Godoa u režiji Susan Sontag. Pašović je vodio i jednu turneju, 1994. godine u nekoliko evropskih zemalja, pod pokroviteljstvom UNESCO-a, sa Sarajevskim festivalskim ansamblom a na poziv Petera Brooka i teatra Bouffes du Nord. Tokom turneje, ansambl je izvodio dvije predstave koje je režirao u opkoljenom gradu – Svileni bubnjevi na osnovu No drame i U zemlji posljednjih stvari, zasnovane na romanu Paula Austera. Pašović je autor i reditelj memorijalne manifestacije Sarajevska crvena linija koja je 6.4.2012. obilježila 20. godišnjicu Opsade Sarajeva, a za vrijeme koje je bila postavljena 11541 crvena stolica u znak sjećanja na ubijene građanke i građane duž glavne saobraćajnice u Sarajevu u dužini od 850 metara. Njegove predstave Klasni neprijatelj, Football, Football i druge učestvovale su u Edinburgh International Festival, Singapore Arts Festival National Arts Festival of South Africa i mnogim drugim. U 2013. godini Pašović je autor i reditelj velike međunarodne koprodukcije Osvajanje sreće. U 2014. godini, Pašović je režirao multimedijalni događaj Stoljeće mira nakon stoljeća ratova na mjestu sarajevskog atentata, 28.6.2014, najveći projekat obilježavanja početka Prvog svjetskog rata u regionu. Pašović je osnivač Odsjeka za režiju na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti. Profesor je na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti u Sarajevu te autor drama i eseja. Pašović je direktor East West Centra Sarajevo. Trenutni projekti: • HOPE, Multimedia, Official Selection Festival d’Avignon 2015 • Društvo spektakla, predstava, trenutno na turneji u BiH Haris Pašović, internationally acclaimed theater and film director, made his name in the late 80s with his landmark production in Belgrade of Wedekind’s Spring’s Awakening. When Sarajevo fell under siege, Pašović returned to the city. Pašović was the founder and first director of the International theater and Film Festival MESS from 1993-97. Pašović produced now legendary Waiting for Godot directed by Susan Sontag. Also, he managed to make yet another exceptional venture during the Siege of Sarajevo when he led the Sarajevo Festival Ensemble on tour in France with the shows Silk Drums based on the Japanese classical theater Noh and In the Country of Last things by Paul Auster. In recent years, his Class Enemy by Nigel Williams was a part of the program of the Edinburgh International Festival, Singapore Arts Festival and many other festivals. Football, Football was in the programs of Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, Singapore Arts Festival and National Arts Festival of South Africa. In April 2012, Sarajevo Red Line commemorated those who were killed in the city’s siege twenty years earlier. Sarajevo Red Line was a concert and a visual art installation consisted of 11,541 red chairs, one for each victim, placed on the main Sarajevo street. In 2013, The Conquest of Happiness, Pašović’s spectacular theater event inspired by the writing of Bertrand Russell had its World Premiere in the UK at the Derry/Londonderry City of Culture. In 2014, Pašović directed a massive multimedia event A Century of Peace After the Century of the Wars in Sarajevo on the very site of the Sarajevo Assassination for the 100 years anniversary since the beginning of the First World War. Pašović is a director of the East West Centre Sarajevo and a professor of theater and film directing at the Preforming Arts Academy Sarajevo. He also writes the plays, essays and articles. His essay Divine Uncertainty and Fall of Nationalism opened last year the BBC World Service series Great War. Current projects: • HOPE, Multimedia, Official Selection Festival d’Avignon 2015 • The Society of Spectacle, Theater, Currently on BiH Tour

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Index rediteljica i reditelja D Damjanac, Goran 7 Dizdarević, Mirna 2 Duraković, Jasmin 10

F Filandra, Zulfikar 3

H Hamzagić, Nermin 5

I Islamović, Elma 4

M Miletić Oručević, Tanja 8 Mustafić, Dino 9

P Pašović, Haris 11

S Spahić, Selma 6

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