Nina Kusturica

Nina Kusturica
Born	1975 Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1997-present
Website
http://www.littlealien.at/en_regie01.html

Nina Kusturica ( 1975 in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-born, Austrian film director, film editor und film producer.

Biography

She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna to become a film director and editor and earned her degree with the film Auswege which had its permiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in the International Forum of New Cinema.^[1] It also opened the Diagonale – the Festival of Austrian Film – in 2003. In the same year Nina Kusturica and Eva Testor founded the production company Mobilefilm in Vienna.

In 2009, Nina Kusturica's documentary Little Alien had its permiere – once again at the Diagonale. The documentary about unaccompanied minor refugees also went „on tour“ to reach Austrian pupils and students with a special concept consisting of the projection of the film followed by a discussions with the director and/or protagonists. In 2010, Nina Kusturica was awarded the outstanding artist award in the category of 'Intercultural dialogue' of the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture for her special commitment.^[2]

Moreover, the film director is involved in the Austrian citizens' initiative Machen wir uns STARK which demands a change in current politics, above all concerning integration and education.

Filmography

director, producer, editor (selection)

• 1998 Ich bin der neue Star, documentary, 15 min., director, script
• 1999 Wishes, short film, 20 min., director, script
• 2000 Draga Ljiljana - Dear Ljiliana, documentary, 31 min., director, script
• 2001 Der Freiheit, short film, 14 min., director, script
• 2003 Auswege, feature film, 90 min., director, script
• 2004 24 Realities per Second, a documentary on Michael Haneke, 58 min., director, editing, production
• 2009 Little Alien, documentary, 94 min., director, script, editing

producer / editor (selection)

• 1997 Speak Easy, short film, editing
• 1999 Lesen macht tot, feature film, editing
• 2002 Laut und deutlich, documentary, editing
• 2005 Kotsch, feature film, editing
• 2007 Auf dem Strich - Paul Flora im Film documentary, production
• 2007 Vienna's Lost Daughters, feature documentary, production, editing

Awards

• 2006 Diagonale, Best Editing Feature Film together with Bernhard Schmid for Kotsch
• 2010 outstanding artist award,^[3] category: intercultural dialogue, of the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, 2010
• 2010 Feature Documentary – 2nd place, Editing – 1st place for Little Alien, International Filmfestival Los Angeles, 2010 ^[4]

Links

• Mobilefilm Production
• Little Alien
• Nina Kusturica at the Internet Movie Database
• Machen wir uns STARK

References

1. ^ http://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/festival-sektionen/forum/index.html
2. ^ http://www.bmukk.gv.at/ministerium/vp/20100707.xml
3. ^ http://www.bmukk.gv.at/ministerium/vp/20100707.xml
4. ^ http://www.laifilmfest.com/LAIFILMFEST/2010_Final_Judging.html

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Name	Kusturica, Nina
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Date of birth	1975
Place of birth	Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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