Srbenka
FESTIVALS:
- VISIONS DU REEL 2018, Nyon, Switzerland – international competition / world premiere
- FID MARSEILLE 2018, Marseille, France – program ‘Doc Alliance 2018’
- MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Motovun, HR – competition
- SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina – competition
- LIBURNIA FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Opatija, HR – program ‘Films produced by Restart’
- NANCY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Nancy, France – competition
- PRESS FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Hrvatska Kostajnica, HR – main program
- DMZ INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Goyang, Korea – program ‘DMZ Vision’
- FOUR RIVER FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Karlovac, HR – opening film
- CINEAST 2018, Luxemburg – program ‘Cinedocs’
- DOKUART 2018, Bjelovar, HR – competition
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SIGNES DE NUIT 2018, Paris, France – documentary competition
- CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Chicago, USA – documentary competition
- ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Sibiu, Romania – competition (Central & Eastern Europe)
- DOCLISBOA 2018, Lisboa, Portugal – program ‘Heart Beat’
- JIHLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Jihlava, Czech Republic – program ‘Doc Alliance Selection’
- DOK LEIPZIG 2018, Leipzig, Germany – International Programme / nominated for MDR Filmprize
- FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI 2018, Florence, Italy – international competition
- VERZIO 2018, Budapest, Hungary – human rights competition
- FREE ZONE BELGRADE 2018, Belgrade, Serbia – regional competition
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM OF BILBAO – ZINEBI 2018, Bilbao, Spain – program ‘Beautiful Docs’
- MONTRÉAL INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2018, Montreal, Canada – program ‘Artifice’
- INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM – IDFA 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands – program ‘Best of Fests’
- MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Marrakech, Morocco – program ‘The 11th Continent’
- HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL ZURICH 2018, Zurich, Switzerland – official selection
- FESTIVAL TRANSCINEMA 2018, Lima, Peru – documentary competition
- ZEICHEN DER NACHT 2019, Berlin, Germany – documentary competition
- TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Trieste, Italy – documentary out of competition
- GOTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Gothenborg, Sweden – official selection
- ZAGREBDOX 2019, Croatia – Author’s night
- AMBULANTE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2019, travelling festival, Mexico
- ONE WORLD ROMANIA 2019, Bucharest, Romania – competition
- FICLO – CINEMA AND LITERATURE FESTIVAL OF OLHAO 2019, Olhao, Portugal – competition
- FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE – JFF 2019 , Zagreb, Croatia – program “masterclass”
- BOSNIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2019, New York, SAD – out of competition
- CROSSING EUROPE 2019, Linz, Austria – competition
- BALKAN TRAFIK@ BOZAR 2019, Brussels, Belgium – film program
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SIGNS OF THE NIGHT 2019, Bankok, Thailand – documentary competition
- SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES 2019, Los Angeles, USA – documentary competition
- ENCUENTROS DEL OTRO CINE (EDOC) 2019, Quito, Guayaguil, Equador – program ‘Escenarios de Guerra’
- MILLENIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2019, Warsaw, Gdynia, Wroclaw, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Poland – competition
- ПОБЕДИЛИ ВМЕСТЕ / WON TOGETHER DOC & TV FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Sevastopol, Krimea – international competition
- UNDERHILLFEST 2019, Podgorica, Montenegro – regional competition
- ART FILM FEST 2019, Košice, Slovakia
- CROATIAN FILM DAYS 2019, Zagreb, Croatia – documentary competition
- SHPEENADOX 2019, Labin, Croatia – main program
- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL KRANJSKA GORA 2019, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia – documentary competition
- AJB DOC – ALJAZEERA BALKANS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – program ‘Last Minute Cinema’
- NUREMBERG HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Nuremberg, Germany – competition
- BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA LOOKS AROUND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Bottrop, Germany
- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL SIGNES DE NUIT 2023., Pariz, FR
Film participated at Docu Rough Cut Boutique workshop 2017. organized by Sarajevo Film Festival and Balkan Documentary Centre.
- DOC ALLIANCE SELECTION AWARD 2018
- EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2018 – EFA SELECTION 2018
- STATE AWARD VLADMIR NAZOR FOR THE BEST FILM IN 2018 (winner Nebojša Slijepčević)
- VISIONS DU REEL 2018, Nyon, Switzerland – Buyences-Chagoll Award (ex aequo)
- MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Motovun, HR – special mention
- SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Sarajevo, BiH – Heart of Sarajevo for best documentary
- SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Sarajevo, BiH – audience award in documentary program
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SIGNES DE NUIT 2018, Paris, France – Signs Award (ex aequo)
- ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2018, Sibiu, Romania – best director in Central & Eastern Europe competition
- FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI 2018, Florence, Italy – The Gaze of the Other Award
- VERZIO 2018, Budapest, Hungary – Human Rights Film Award
- FREE ZONE BELGRADE 2018, Belgrade, Serbia – special mention in regional competition
- FESTIVAL TRANSCINEMA 2018, Lima, Peru – special jury mention
- ZEICHEN DER NACHT 2019, Berlin, Germany – main award
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SIGNS OF THE NIGHT 2019, Bankok, Thailand – Award “Signs”
- CROSSING EUROPE 2019, Linz, Austria – special jury mention
- MILLENIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2019, Warsaw, Gdynia, Wroclaw, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Poland – Amnesty International Award
- MILLENIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2019, Warsaw, Gdynia, Wroclaw, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Poland – Special Jury Mention at Bydgoszcz
- UNDERHILLFEST 2019, Podgorica, Montenegro – best film in regional competition (Dandellion Award)
- ПОБЕДИЛИ ВМЕСТЕ / WON TOGETHER DOC & TV FILM FESTIVAL 2019, Sevastopol, Krimea – Best documentary film
- CROATIAN FILM DAYS 2019, Zagreb, Croatia – Grand Prix
- CROATIAN FILM DAYS 2019, Zagreb, Croatia – Best editing
- CROATIAN FILM DAYS 2019, Zagreb, Croatia – Oktavijan Award for the best documentary film
- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL KRANJSKA GORA, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia – special jury mention
- City Council Rijeka – production support
- Croatian Audiovisual Centre – production support
- CREATIVE EUROPE – Single Development
- City Council Zagreb – production support
- HBO Adria Award at Docu Rough Cut Boutique
- CAT & Docs Award at Docu Rough Cut Boutique
- Digital Cube Award at Docu Rough Cut Boutique
Nebojša Slijepčević is a screenwriter and film director from Zagreb, Croatia. He has directed numerous creative documentaries (Srbenka, Gangster of Love, Something about Life, Real Man’s Film, In 4 Years, Of Cows and People). His films have been shown at many international festivals, including IDFA, Hot Docs and Karlovy Vary Film Festival. His most successful film “Srbenka” has won more than 20 festival awards and it has been shortlisted for European Film Awards. Nebojsa is an artistic director for documentary film at production company “Zagreb film” and a lecturer at Academy of Dramatic Arts, in Zagreb.