The second edition of the First Time on Film programme, intended for debutant actors whose first time on film is seen in this year’s festival selection, will take place on 11 and 12 July. Following the success of the first edition last year, the programme continues its development as a platform for supporting young actors at the start of their film careers. The carefully designed workshop will offer the participants an opportunity to learn how to prepare for auditions and castings in a quality manner, present themselves to directors and producers in a professional manner, and how to create a compelling self-tape.
Other than practical knowledge, the programme also includes lectures by renowned foreign film professionals and offers opportunities for direct conversations and networking. The programme also includes a media-visible event, where the Festival’s PR office will help participants to present themselves to the public through the media, further strengthening their professional visibility and positioning on the film scene.
First Time on Film provides young actors with an opportunity to gain practical knowledge, connect with the industry, and strengthen their public presence at an important moment of their professional development, reaffirming the programme as an important platform for supporting new actors on the regional film scene.
WORKSHOP MENTORS
ANILA GAJEVIĆ
Anila Gajević was born in Sarajevo in 1979 where she graduated in Bosnian literature and language. As a former journalist and editor, she founded ZONA in 2008, the first talent agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is today one of the leading agencies in Southeastern Europe and beyond. Her agency represents some of the most prominent actors and young talents from the Balkans, but also from Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Spain. As an agent she has represented actors in numerous international projects, such as Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The November Man, Snowpiercer, Skyfall, Gomorrah, Game of Thrones, In Order of Disappearance, Cold War, Jack Ryan, Munich Games, etc. In 2016, the Screen International listed her as one of the Future Leaders: Agents. She received two awards in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Lady Boss and Woman of the Year. She is a member of the Association of filmmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Film Academy.
TIMKA GRIN
Timka Grin was born in Sarajevo. She has extensive experience of working as a casting director on numerous feature films, shorts and TV series, of which many received awards. She is a member of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), European Film Academy (EFA), International Casting Directors Association (ICDA), and Casting Society of America (CSA). She gained the most valuable professional experience by working with a number of great directors, such as brothers Dardenne, Jean-Luc Godard, Danis Tanović, Marion Haensel, Ursula Meier, Aida Begić, Marco Bellocchio, Jasmila Žbanić, to mention a few. Timka is also the owner of the company T.G. Casting, which is active in the ex-Yugoslav region, but also internationally, and works for TV and film, for awarded projects and directors, with awarded actors, but also very often looking for and discovering upcoming talents, as well as high-quality actors are already working in acting, but have not been widely seen and discovered.
WORKSHOP LEADER
KATARINA MADIRAZZA
Katarina Madirazza is a Croatian film, TV, and theatre actress. She studied at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and Prague Film School. Since 2011, she has been in numerous awarded films, series, and plays, both in Croatia and abroad. In parallel with her professional career, she founded the Petit Theatre in 2014, where she produced her own projects and started the well-known Audition as Networking workshop for actors, which will be held at Pula Film Festival for the second time, and the seventh time overall. The concept of this workshop is unique and it has been received very well as an excellent opportunity for networking and a place for actors to get roles and expand their knowledge. She is herself an actress and used her knowledge from workshops she attended abroad to create this workshop, combining it with what she thinks is missing from this market – auditions.
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Anđela Alavirević – The Excursion
Vid Bešlić – Women, Loonies and a Few Good Gays
Dora Dimić Rakar – Women, Loonies and a Few Good Gays
Lea Cok – White Wash at Ninety
Đorđe Galić – Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Petja Golec Horvat – Desire Lines
Ramona Ivanda The Second Diary of Paulina P.
Gavrilo Jović – Petty Thieves
Rok Juričić – Desire Lines
Igor Jurinić – Women, Loonies and a Few Good Gays
Tit Medvešek – Women, Loonies and a Few Good Gays
Ana Topolko – The Second Diary of Paulina P.
Ana Marija Veselčić – God Will Not Help / Honey Bunny
