Part of the program open to the public: Lecture: Working in the Writer’s Room
Tuesday, July 14, 5 p.m., Archaeological Museum
The new three-day workshop programme will be held during the Festival and is dedicated to the process of writing screenplays for film and television projects, based on the collaborative creative concept of writers’ room. Authorial teams of at least two and no more than three members are invited to take part in the workshop – writer, director, and producer. The programme is aimed at Croatian projects, as well as at regional projects with distinct co-production potential with Croatia. The idea for the workshop follows from the assumption that creating film and television projects inherently requires teamwork in all phases of development and open exchange of ideas. This kind of work allows for different perspectives in developing ideas, characters, structure of the story, and continuous challenging of decisions. The mentors for the workshop are authors Goran Stanković and Vladimir Tagić (Morning Changes Everything, Operation Sabre).
PROJECTS
King Arthur’s Night – Andrija Mardešić and Rea Rajčić
Growing Up – Espi Tomičić, Sara Grgurić, Karla Leko, and Dana Budisavljević
Land of Bulls – Petar Vukičević and Marta Bregeš
Good Enough – Lana Kosovac, Amanda Prenkaj, Matija Drniković
WORKSHOP MENTORS
GORAN STANKOVIĆ
Goran Stanković graduated in film and TV directing from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, and earned his master’s degree from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 2014. His thesis film Way in Rye was nominated for the Student Academy Award, while his films Who Guards the Guardians and Old Mountain were screened at more than 50 international festivals and won 17 awards. During his studies at the American Film Institute, Goran was awarded the Hollywood Foreign Press scholarship and the Franklin J. Schaffner Award for Directing. His debut feature documentary In the Dark, a story about Serbian miners, had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. He is one of the creators and directors of the series Morning Changes Everything and the series Operation Sabre (in cooperation with Vladimir Tagić), which was awarded at Canneseries in 2024, and he also won the Primetime Killer Award in Brno. He directed five episodes of the series Bad Blood, and his first feature documentary Our Father premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2025.
Vladimir Tagić was born in Belgrade in 1986. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in film and TV directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, and is currently in a PhD programme at the same Faculty. In 2018, together with Goran Stanković, he was the creator, screenwriter, and director of the drama series Morning Changes Everything. In 2020, he co-wrote and directed five episodes of the TV series Mom and Dad Are Playing War. He directed five episodes of the series Children of Evil (2023), which premiered on HBO MAX. Together with Goran Stanković, he created, co-wrote, and directed the series Operation Sabre (2024) about the assassination of Serbian Prime
VLADIMIR TAGIĆ
Minister Zoran Đinđić. He is the co-writer and director of his first feature film Yugo Florida, which premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival in 2025 and won the award for Best Actor. The film won the award for Best Leading Actor at Montenegro Film Festival (2025), the award for Best Debut Director at Džada Film Festival (2025), and the award for Best Film at Cinedays Festival in Skopje (2025).
