We present to you this year’s selection team, who have chosen the films in four competition categories.

Una is a director and editor from Sarajevo. Allegedly she lives in Paris, but she’s actually spent most of her life in airports. She created “The Chicken”, “Salamat from Germany”, and “The Excursion”. “Foot-ism” frustrates her as a life philosophy, but she adores it as an aesthetic style.
Photo by: Obala Art Centar, Primož Korošec for Sarajevo Film Festival

Andrea was born in 2000 in Novi Sad. She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, majoring in dramaturgy. She has always believed that she would work in theater, but her studies and certain life circumstances led her to turn towards film. She made several experimental films and wrote scripts for various films and tv series. She is currently in the process of finishing a few short films and is looking for a job. She lives in Belgrade

Danilo Cekovic studied film directing at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. During his studies, he shot short narrative and documentary films. His short film “Garden of Dreams” was selected for the Belgrade Festival of Documentary and Short Films. Danilo is currently developing a feature film, as a director, cinematographer, and producer: “From 0 to 8,” in which he describes his relationship with a Roma boy named Ivan, whose life he has been documenting for 8 years.

Katarina is a screenwriter and writer. She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, majoring in dramaturgy. Some of the series she has worked on as a screenwriter include “The Group” (2019), “Mom and Dad are playing war” (2020) and “Children of Evil” (2023). She is a co-writer of the short feature film “The one who brings the rain” directed by Isidora Veselinović. Her play “Kidanje” was adapted into a TV film and aired on RTS in 2021, directed by Siniša Cvetić. She published the novel “All the good Barbies” (PPM Enklava, 2024).
Photo by: Nikola Dilberovic

Marija has been the art director of MikroFAF since its inception in 2010. She is a film director and the leader of “Satibara,” as well as the founder of the youth film club “My Close-up.” She frequently facilitates film workshops and camps in both rural and urban areas, believing that film art can be a tool for building a healthier society or breaking down an unhealthy one.
Photo by: Sinisa Dugonjic

Director and video artist. Got Bachelors and Masters degree in Film and TV Direction from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. In his work he investigates marginalized social groups, their faults and virtues. His films “The Invisibles”, “The Wall”, “I can do it all by myself”, “Unique”, “Hooked”, “Voices of memory”, “Coming home”, “Take me, wherever” have been screened and awarded at many festivals in Serbia and abroad.
Photo by: Tanja Drobnjak

Goran Nikolić was born on May 26 1992, in Belgrade. He swims, lives, and will die in the whirlwind of Serbian cinema. He has directed, assisted, and killed time on numerous sets, working on both short and long forms. These include narrative films, documentaries, and some undefined forms that arise from television’s hyperproduction. He debuted with ”Heroes” in 2022 and barely managed to get it out to the public (since meditative films without dialogue are highly popular). His new, ‘real debut’ is yet to come with his next project, a ‘hard-boiled’ omnibus titled ”Black Pearls”, which is still in the early stages of pre-production.

Mia was born in mid-2004 in Podgorica. After finishing medical school, she almost ended up in law school but suddenly decided to study film and media and she’s now pursuing studies at two universities. Her main interest is production, though she’s also drawn to directing. She often watches sad films, and one of her favorites is “Irreversible” by Gaspar Noé.

Una is 18 years old and was born in Belgrade. She is studying art history at the Faculty of Philosophy. She considers being a film enthusiast a full-time job. If she’s not watching films, she’s making them, and if she’s not making them, she’s talking about them. All of this is shaped by her volunteering at film festivals. Besides film, she’s also interested in the art history she’s studying… sometimes.

The 15th MikroFAF is organized with the support of the Western Balkan Youth Cultural Fund. This multi-year project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO).