A N T O N E T A A L A M A T K U S I J A N O V I Ć

Bio.

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer, director, and producer born in Dubrovnik and based in New York.

Her directorial feature debut, MURINA - a tense family drama set on an isolated island off the Croatian coast - was produced by RT Features and Martin Scorcese’s Sikelia Productions and will premiere in 2021.

Her short Into the Blue was awarded at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, the Youth Jury Award at the 63rd Oberhausen Film Festival, the Heart of Sarajevo at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival, and was nominated for a Student Academy Award.

Antoneta is an alumna of the Résidence du Festival of Cinéfondation, Jerusalem Film Lab, Berlinale Talent Lab, Sarajevo Talent Lab, La Femis Producing Atelier and Marcie Bloom Fellowship. She holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University in New York and a Masters in Producing from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia.