Martina Petrović

She has a major in International Relations and a minor in Psychology & has gained most of her working experience at the Ministry of Culture, Department for International Cultural Cooperation, being responsible for various cultural exchange programmes between Croatia and other countries; among many activities, she was responsible for the organisation of Croatian film presentation during international film festivals in Berlin and Cannes. From 2008, she has been actively involved in establishing the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, where she has stayed, after being chosen by the European Commission as the Head of MEDIA Desk Croatia. Following immediate and successful results in terms of ensuring the financing by the MEDIA Programme, working thoroughly on the promotion of the Croatian film, resulted in receiving the first Albert Kapović Award by the Croatian Producers Association, given at the opening of Zagreb Film Festival in 2010. As the Head of MEDIA Desk Croatia (today’s Creative Europe Desk – MEDIA Office Croatia), she has been actively involved in organizing innovative and active presentations/workshops – important tools for education and networking – between Croatian but also European film professionals.

 

Giulia Grandinetti

Giulia Grandinetti is a director, producer and dancer. She has a degree in Literature and Philosophy – Performing Arts and Sciences. Her latest short film “Tria – del sentimento del tradire” (2022) will premiere at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival/La Biennale di Venezia in the Orizzonti Short Film Competition. She describes herself as a dystopian director: she loves to play with the distortion of the rules of human existence. Her ambition leads her to make a feature-length film, ”Alice and the Land that Wonders,” as her first film, completed in 2020. Her films screened in several festivals and won various awards, such as “Alice and the Land that Wonders” at Around International Film Festival Amsterdam 2020, and “Guinea Pig” at Premio CineLab Spazio Corto TS and FF2020 Trieste Science-Fiction Festival. Her short film “Guinea Pig” also won the Best Director and Best Editing awards at Linz ISFF 2021.