Goran Kapetanović, born 12 December 1974 in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

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, is a Bosnian-Swedish writer, director, and adjunct in film directing at Malmö Theater Academy. Kapetanović was trained at the

Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts The Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (SADA) ( sv, Stockholms dramatiska högskola) was a school within the Stockholm University of the Arts that offers a University Diploma in Performing Arts and Media. SADA was Sweden’s largest school of fil ...

and has directed short films such as '' Flykting 532'' (2015), '' Kiruna-Kigali'' (2012), '' En familj'' (2004), and ''Eko'' (2004), as well as features such as ''Min Faster in Sarajevo'' (2016) and ''Krig'' (2017). He directed all eight episodes of the TV series ''

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'' (2020). Kapetanović has received more than 20 international prizes from a variety of cities and festivals. For ''Kiruna-Kigali,'' he won best short film at the Toronto Short Film Festival and was shortlisted for the

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2013. For ''Min Faster i Sarajevo'', Kapetanović received six nominations and won for best director at

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in Sweden.

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