Vita

Nina Kusturica is a film and theatre director. She works as an artistic investigator of the artistic research project „Confrontig Realities“ at the Film academy Vienna. 

She has released numerous feature and documentary films for cinema; Ciao Chérie (2017), Little Alien (2009), Auswege (2003), 24 Wirklichkeiten in der Sekunde – Michael Haneke im Film (2004), Draga Ljiljana (2000) as well as the short films Der Freiheit (2001) and Wishes (1999). Her films participated and won awards at numerous film festivals, which include: the Berlinale Forum des Jungen Films, Mar del Plata, Rotterdam, Max Ophüls Preis, Duisburger Filmwoche, Premiers Plans Festival d’Angers, Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo, Mumbai Film Festival, Leeds Film Festival and many others. 

Nina Kusturica’s retrospectives and films have been shown in various artistic contexts and distributed internationally.

In addition to her work as a director, she holds seminars, workshops and lectures in Austria and internationally at various universities and institutes for film, directing and acting.

She studied directing and film editing at the Film Academy Vienna, University of Music and Performing Arts.