
Jelena Svirčić
Born in 1982 in Šibenik. Graduated in journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb. Active as a journalist since her student days, she has worked with various independent media in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for years. From 2008 to 2012, she was the deputy editor-in-chief of the H-alter portal in Zagreb. Scholarship recipient of the Gender Studies postgraduate program at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Sarajevo. Since 2014, she has been working with a number of Zagreb film festivals (Zagreb FF, Motovun FF, KinoKino FF, Subversive FF, ZagrebDox, Festival of Tolerance Zagreb…) as head of the press office and public relations. Currently in the position of head of public relations of the Restart association and permanent external collaborator of ZFF, KinoKino and Subversive festival. Since 2019, coordinator of the Šibenik Fortress of Culture and Art Cinema Arsen film program.