Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer-director born in Dubrovnik, based in New York. Her first feature film "Murina" was developed with support from the Résidence de Festival Cannes, Cinéfondation, First Films First by the Ghoethe-Institute, and Jerusalem Film Lab is produced by Martin Scorsese Sikelia, RT features and Antitalent. Her short Into the Blue, was nominated for a Student Academy Award, and won awards at the Beriln International Film Fesival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Oberhausen Film Festival, and the Festival de Premier Plans, Angers, among many others. Antoneta holds an MA from Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University in New York. She is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Lab, Sarajevo Talent Lab, La Femis Producing Atelier, and the Marcie Bloom Fellowship and the member of the Academy.