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| Arsen Anton Ostojic received his BA in film directing from the
Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia in 1990 with honors, and his MFA in
filmmaking from New York University in 1994, with honors, as well. Until 2008 he has
made two successful feature films, one long-running theater play and several award
winning documentaries and short films. He worked on about twenty feature films in
Europe and in the United States as an assistant director, production manager or line
producer. Besides preparing several new projects, both in Europe and in the United
States, he is also teaching film production at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in
Zagreb, following several teaching assignments in New York City and in Salzburg,
Austria. |
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Selected projects |
"No
One’s Son", in 2008, super 35mm, 100-min. feature film shot in Croatia,
starring Alen Liveric, Mustafa Nadarevic. The film was the absolute winner of the
55th Croatian Film festival in Pula, winning 6 Gold Arenas (incl. for the Best film
and the Best director) and the Critics' Award "Oktavijan". It was the official
Croatian candidate for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. It is included in the
Selection 2009 by the European Film Academy as one of the best European films in
2009.
"A
Wonderful Night in Split", in 2004, 35mm, 100-min. feature film shot in
Croatia, starring Coolio, Dino Dvornik; until December 2006 it received 24 various
domestic and international awards and acknowledgements and it participated at about
40 film festivals; it was the official Croatian candidate for the 78th Annual
Academy Awards; it was nominated for the European Film Academy Discovery Award in
2004; voted the best Croatian film in the past five years by a survey of 26 film
critics ("Hollywood", January 2005).
"Life Drawing", in 2001,
35mm, 15-min. short film shot in New York City, awarded Best Short Film Award at the
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival among other awards; it
participated at 10 international film festivals.
"The Bird Lover",
in 1993, 16mm, 14-min short film shot in New York City, awarded the Audience Award
at the Hamburg Short Film Festival, Jury Award in Schwenningen Film Festival; it
participated at 15 international festivals, sold to several TV stations including
Canal Plus and PBS.
"Decorations", in 1988,
35mm, 20-min documentary shot in Croatia, awarded the Gold Medal for Directing at
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival. |
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