Sinisa Juricic

Biography

Siniša Juri?i? founded Nukleus association in 2003, Nukleus Film Croatia in 2009 and Nukleus Film Slovenia in 2012. He graduated acting in 1990 and film production in 2009 from the Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to Nukleus fully consumed his focus and time, he worked as the journalist, editor and producer at Radio 101, which was one of the most influential radio stations in the territories of ex-Yugoslavia. He was also founding member of Omladinska televizija (Youth TV - OTV) working as one of the producers and later in charge of programming. During the war in former Yugoslavia served as the news and documentary producer for Visnews (todays Reuters TV), ZDF, BBC Radio and Television and Nippon TV, which is the biggest private TV network in Japan. As the part of the BBC team that produced «Fighting the Peace» film, won annual British award for best documentary. In 1998 together with director Vinko Brešan, produced 11\' film in 360 degrees technique, film that represented Croatia in Lisbon at EXPO 98 exhibition. Film was screened by over one million viewers. Sinisa\'s focus is on producing films and helping talented filmmakers from the EEC to achieve their full international potential. The passion remains in the film, although he is preparing for his first cross-media production. Regularly receiving international film awards and funding for films, both at home and internationally. Recently lecturing documentary production and project management at the Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb and High College of Samobor and doing case studies at EURODOC, Co-production Market Leipzig and exOriente training programs. In 2012 awarded with annual \"Albert Kapovic\" award of Croatian Producers Association for contribution to the promotion of Croatian film. Training programs: 2005 & 2006. – Discovery Campus Masterschool- training program for documentary film 2006 – 2012 - exOriente – training program of IDF-a (Institute for Documentary Film) 2007 – EAVE (European Audiovisual Enterpreneurs), Sarajevo Talent Campus 2009 - EURODOC 2012 - Producers on the Move, ACE Producers Network 2013 - Producers Lab Rotterdam and Toronto Languages: Croatian, English, German Member of EFA, EAVE, DCM, HRUP (Croatian Producers Association) and ACE and EURODOC networks. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2018 An Impossibly Small Object, feature, dir. David Verbeek, Taiwan/ Croatia/ Netherlands, WP Rotterdam IFF Big Screen competition 2017 Perseverance, feature, dir. Miha Kinific, Slovenia/Italy/Serbia/Croatia The Miner, feature, dir. Hanna Slak, Slovenia/Germany, WP Warsaw IFF (two awards) A Million dollar life, documentary feature, dir. Robert Zuber, Croatia 2016 Houston, We have a Problem, feature, dir. Ziga Virc, Slovenia/Croatia/Germany/Czech Republic/Qatar, WP Tribeca Film Festival, KarlovyVary Good Wife, feature, dir. Mirjana Karanovi?, Serbia/Bosnia/Croatia, WP Sundance Film Festival, Goteborg The Day my Father became a Bush, children’s feature film, dir. Nicole van Kilsendonk, Netherlands/Belgium/Croatia, WP Toronto International Film Festival 2015 Full Contact, feature, dir. David Verbeek, Netherlands/Croatia/France, WP Toronto IFF Platform Interruption (former Stage Fright), dir. Yorgos Zois, feature, Greece/Croatia, France, WP Venice FF Orizzonti competition 2014 Chicken/ 15\'/ Semaine de la Critique Cannes, European Film Award for best short, over 350 festivals and 70 awards 2013 Velvet Terrorists/ 87\'/ 48th Karlovy Vary International Film festival - East of the West competition, FEDEORA critics award, Berlinale Forum competition - audience award, HotDocs 2013 Kismet/ 75\'/ IDFA Amsterdam mid-length competition, shortlisted for the award 2013 Mitch - the diary of the schizophrenic patient/ 85\' 2012 Sofia\'s Last Ambulance/ documentary / 52 and 73\'/ ARTE, WDR, VPRO, Noga TV Israel, Impact Partners USA/ 51. Semaine de la Critique Cannes - France 4 Visionary Award, 47th Karlovy Vary International Film festival - Grand prix for best feature documentary, DokuFest Prizren - best Balkan documentary, Mediteran film festival Siroki Brijeg - Grand prix for best film, DOK Leipzig - Silver Dove, Jihlava - Silver Eye for best East European documentary, Bratislava film festival - best film, Festival dei Popolli - best directing, 2 in 1 Moscow - best sound, Zurich film festival - Jury Special Mention, Doc Lisboa - Jury Special Mention, cphDOX, IDFA, Gothenburg, Black NIghts, Sarajevo Film Festival, Motovun film festival, Reykyavik, Sao Paolo. German Documentary Award 2013. 2010 Cycles / Vladimir Gojun / documentary / 52\' / Sarajevo film festival, Zagreb film festival, Mediteran film festival/ best First Appearance film Days of Croatian film, Grand Prix Mediteran Film Festival 2009 Laundry / Nicole Volavka / short fiction / 15\'/ In Competition at Rushes Soho Film Festival, Motovun Film Festival Croatia, Molodist Film Festival Ukraine and Women In Direction, Spain. Selected for Cannes Short Film Corner, Cinemagic Belfast, Estoril Festival Portugal, Les Arcs France, the London Short Film Festival and the British Palestine Film Festival 2011 2009 Cash&Marry; / Atanas Georgiev / documentary / 52 and 73\'/ ORF/ Visions du Reel Nyon, HotDocs Toronto, DOK Leipzig, Flahertiana Perm, SilkRoad Film fest Bursa, ZGDox, Liburnija film festival, Dokumenta Kassel/ Nyon – Regarde Neuf award, ZGDox – Jury Special mention, Liburnija – Audience Award and Jury Special mention