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Igor Drljaca (born 1983) is a
Bosnian Canadian Bosnian Canadians are Canadian citizens whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the 2011 Canadian census, 22,920 people stated that they are of Bosnian descent. The majority of Bosnian Canadians immigrated to Canada as refugee ...
film writer, producer and director."TIFF spotlight: Igor Drljaca and 'The Waiting Room'"
Canadian Press The Canadian Press (CP; french: La Presse canadienne, ) is a Canadian national news agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Established in 1917 as a vehicle for the time's Canadian newspapers to exchange news and information, The Canadian Pre ...
, September 17, 2015.
A graduate of York University,"Immigration, accents and typecasting: The Waiting Room actor Jasmin Geljo & director Igor Drljaca"
''Toronto Film Scene'', September 12, 2015.
he cofounded the Canadian production company Timelapse Pictures with
Albert Shin Albert Shin is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for his critically acclaimed Canadian Screen Award-nominated films ''In Her Place'' (2014) and ''Disappearance at Clifton Hill'' (2019). He works frequently with collaborator Igor Drljaca. Early li ...
.


Career

As a writer and director, he has made the narrative feature films '' Krivina'' (2012), '' The Waiting Room'' (2015) and '' The White Fortress'' (2021), as well as the feature documentary ''
The Stone Speakers ''The Stone Speakers'' is a 2018 Canadian documentary, directed by Igor Drljaca. The film examines the growth of ideological tourism in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. It premiered in the Wavelengths section of the 2018 Toronto International Fi ...
'' (2018). His short films include ''Woman in Purple'' (2009); ''On a Lonely Drive'' (2009); '' The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar'' (2011), which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the
1st Canadian Screen Awards The 1st Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 3, 2013, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2012.The Archivists ''The Archivists'' is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, directed by Igor Drljaca. Set in a dystopian future in which all art from the past has been banned, the film centres on William ( Noah Reid), Serena ( Bahia Watson) and Samuel (Maxwell McCabe ...
'' (2020). As a producer, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the
3rd Canadian Screen Awards The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014.Best Picture-nominated film ''
In Her Place ''In Her Place'' ( ko, 인 허 플레이스) is a 2014 Canadian- South Korean film directed and written by Albert Shin. The film follows a wealthy woman who moves in to the countryside home of a pregnant teenage girl and her mother and waits to ...
'' (2014), and was a producer of Bojan Bodružić's 2018 documentary film ''
The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs ''The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Bojan Bodružić and released in 2018.Sabrina Furminger"Vancouver filmmaker revisits family he left behind in Sarajevo" ''Vancouver Courier'', April 17, 2019. The film ...
''. At the
10th Canadian Screen Awards The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were held on April 10, 2022, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2021.Etan Vlessing"Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Receive Canadian Screen Awards Special Honor" ''The Hollyw ...
in 2022, Drljaca received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay for ''The White Fortress''.Brent Furdyk
"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"
'' ET Canada'', February 15, 2022.


Teaching

Drljaca is an assistant professor in film production at the University of British Columbia's theatre and film department.


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External links

* * website {{DEFAULTSORT:Drljaca, Igor 1983 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Canada Canadian film producers Film people from Sarajevo University of British Columbia faculty York University alumni Writers from Sarajevo Canadian male screenwriters 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male writers