Stefan Arsenijević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Арсенијевић; born 11 March 1977 in Belgrade,

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, SFR Yugoslavia) is a

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n film director and scriptwriter.

Biography

He is a graduate of the

Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium The IX Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" ( sr, Девета гимназија "Михајло Петровић-Алас", Deveta gimnazija "Mihailo Petrović-Alas") is a gymnasium located in New Belgrade, Serbia, established in 1961, and named ...

. He studied philosophy, worked as a journalist and studied film and television directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he has been working as a lecturer since 2005. He is also a program manager of Goethe-Institut's FIRST FILMS FIRST training program since 2016. Arsenijević has received over 30 international accolades for his ten short films, including a

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, The European Film Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for his short film '' (A)torzija''. In 2005 his short film “Fabulous Vera”, as part of an omnibus feature Lost & Found, opened Forum section at

. His first feature film

Ljubav i drugi zločini ''Ljubav i drugi zločini'', or ''Love and Other Crimes'' in English, is a 2008 Serbian romantic comedy directed by Stefan Arsenijević, and written by Arsenijević and Srđan Koljević, and stars Anica Dobra and Vuk Kostić. The film won Arsenij ...

(Love And Other Crimes) premiered at

's Panorama Special section in 2008. It won several international awards, including best director at

Sofia International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) ( Bulgarian: ''Международен София Филм Фест, София Филм Фест''), also known as Sofia Film Fest, is an annual film festival in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, taking pl ...

, Wiesbaden Film Festival and Bursa International Film Festival, Golden Prometheus for best film at Tbilisi International Film Festival as well as an audience award at

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in Linz. In 2021 he won the main award Crystal Globe for the best film at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his movie '' Strahinja Banović (international title As Far As I Can Walk)''. The film won two more official awards: best actor for

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and a special mention for cinematographer Jelena Stanković, as well as Ecumenical Jury Prize and Europa Cinemas Label Award.

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