Predrag Azdejković ( sr, Предраг Аздејковић; born 15 July 1978) is Serbian LGBT human rights activist, journalist, writer, film and theater producer. Azdejković is director of
Gay Lesbian Info Center, director of
Merlinka festival
The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka Festival is an annual LGBT-themed film festival which is annually organized in Belgrade (since 2009), Sarajevo (since 2013) and Podgorica (since 2014). The Belgrade edition is organized i ...
, editor in chief of Serbian only gay magazine ''Optimist'', producer of several short films and documentaries and several award-winning theater plays that all are dedicated to LGBT population. He is a member of
Journalists' Association of Serbia.
Biography
Predrag Azdejković was born on 15 July 1978 in
Leonberg
Leonberg (; swg, Leaberg) is a town in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg about to the west of Stuttgart, the state capital. About 45,000 people live in Leonberg, making it the third-largest borough in the rural district (''Landkr ...
,
West Germany.
Until his sixth year, he lived in Germany and in 1984 he moved to Serbia, which was then part of
Yugoslavia.
He is a founder of
GayEcho web portal, editor of Rainbow column in Yellow Cab monthly guide, founder and editor in chief of the only Serbian gay magazine
Optimist
Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass filled wi ...
,
director and selector of
International queer film festival Merlinka. He wrote for several Serbian media such as daily Sutra, Borba, web portal E-novine, weekly Vreme, monthly Status, Beton.
In 2006 he became VIP blogger at
B92 blog.
In 2006 he co-authored the book ''Others - From patriarchal construction to alternative politics''.
He published satirical book ''Time of hemorrhoids'' in 2011.
In 2017 he co-authored the book ''I have something to say to you - Return from Brisbane and other stories''
Film
Theater
References
External links
Predrag Azdejković Personal websiteB92 VIP blogGayEcho web portalInternational queer film festival MerlinkaOptimist magazine*
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1978 births
Serbian human rights activists
Serbian LGBT rights activists
Gay journalists
Serbian journalists
LGBT film producers
Serbian LGBT journalists
Serbian activists
Serbian writers
Living people