Director
Maša Šarović
Maša Šarović was born in Subotica in 1993. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade, specializing in Film Directing. Her short film The City (2016) premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Following that, it was screened at numerous other festivals, receiving several awards, including a Special Jury Award at Kustendorf. Another short film, Hottest Summer Days (2018), had its debut at the Sarajevo Film Festival. It was also featured in other festivals like FID Marseille, Ljubljana FEKK (where she won the Grand Prix for best film), Winterthur International Short Film Festival, and the TAU Student Film Festival in Tel Aviv, among others. In 2019, she participated in the Factory project at the Cannes Film Festival, directing a segment of the omnibus film titled In Your Hands, which was presented at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Her most recent short film was showcased at the Trieste Film Festival and Bašta Fest, winning awards at the VGIK Student Film Festival and the JSFF. Currently, she is working on her debut feature film and has been involved in projects aimed at film development, including IPDF in Los Angeles and First Films First in Serbia.
