Dana Budisavljević - Directors | Art-kino Croatia

Born in 1975 in Zagreb. She graduated from the Department of Film and TV Editing at ADU in Zagreb. She worked as a film editor, production assistant and organizer of film festivals. She made her directorial debut with the documentary Straight As (Factum, 2004), and gained wider popularity with a family movie about coming out Family Meals (Hulahop, 2012). As a producer, she signs the documentary series Slumbering Concrete by Saša Ban, films I Like That Super Most The Best by Eva Kraljević, Then I See Tanja by Juraj Lerotic and others. The Diary of Diana B. is her first feature-length film. It premiered at the 2019 Pula Film Festival, where it won six awards (Grand Golden Arena for Best Film, Golden Arena for Directing, The Jury's Award of the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean - FEDEORA for Best Croatian Feature Film, Pula Golden Gate Audience Award , The Golden Arena for Music, The Golden Arena for Editing). In the 66th year of the Pula Film Festival The Diary of Diana B. is the first film to win jury, critics and audience awards, and it is also the first film by one female author to win the Grand Golden Arena for Best Picture.