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Team

Team

Kumjana Novakova

Curator kumjana@pravoljudski.org BIO

Kumjana is a research-based filmmaker working also as a film curator and lecturer.

Born in Yugoslavia, Kumjana’s background is in social sciences. In 2006 she co-founded the Pravo Ljudski Film Festival in Sarajevo, and acts as its chief curator. She was leading the Film Department of the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Skopje from 2018 to 2021.

As an author, Kumjana explores the languages of cinema researching relationships related to power, war, memories and (un)belonging. She is interested in developing strategies of creating meaning from the position of filmmaking, and its potentialities as a territory of new collectivities. Her work has been shown and exhibited across the world.

Her film Disturbed Earth (co-directed with G.C. Candi) has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards, and nominated for best feature-length documentary by the Doc Alliance.

Her last film Silence of Reason which traces women’s experiences of sexual violence and rape in wartime in Bosnia and Herzegovina won the Heart of Sarajevo for Human Rights in Documentary Film.

Kumjana currently lives between Sarajevo and Skopje.

Vedad Bezdrob

Finance vedad@pravoljudski.org BIO

Vedad graduated in Economics at the School of Economics and Business Sarajevo, before getting more than 14 years of experience in diverse small and medium sized entities as an accountant and finances administrator. In addition, he is also a certified accountant. Member of Citizen Association Pravo Ljudski for over three years, now in charge of Production and Finance department.

Aida Spahić

Producer aida@pravoljudski.org BIO

Aida Spahić is based in Sarajevo where she works as a translator and interpreter, and since recently, also as a producer. She is a feminist, antimilitarist and activist.

Lejla Huremović

Communications and PR Coordinator BIO

Communication specialist by profession with long-standing experience in various media campaigns and public relations. Over the last decade, her activism focused on education, empowering and supporting LGBTIQ+ people and, since recently, on psychotherapeutic support at the Wings of Hope Foundation.

Tamara de la Fuente Méndez

Festival Photographer BIO

Tamara has been Pravo Ljudski Film Festival’s photographer and photo essayist for the last six years. She graduated from the School of Image and Sound of Vigo and the International Photography School Grisart. Tamara collaborates with numerous cultural and artistic platforms in Spain and Europe.

Jasmina Bajramovic - Malic

Catalogue Editor BIO

Jasmina Bajramovic-Malic (Sarajevo, 1987) is the co-editor of Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Catalogue. She graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Department of Literature of the Peoples of B&H and B/H/S Languages. Jasmina is a former member of the editorial staff for Skolegijum and (sic!), and still occasionally delves into literary and film critique. She is currently employed at the University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology in Sarajevo.

Emily Emina Džindo

Volunteer Coordinator BIO

Emily Emina Džindo is a young creative producer that has in the past five years worked on multiple student films and plays and likewise has organised a number of culturally significant events in the Sarajevo underground scene.

Jusuf Hafizović

Projectionist BIO

Psychology student and psychotherapist in education who loves film, photography, and music.

Lamija Čengić

Production Assistant BIO

Lamija Čengić is a translator and teaching coordinator at the Association for Language and Culture Lingvisti. She also speaks Turkish and enjoys reading about the interconnectedness and complexities of foreign languages and cultures.

Dejan Đurić

Front-end design developer BIO

Born in Yugoslavia in 1986 and have been immersed in design and programming since 2002. With a decade-long background in photography, transitioned into a successful career as a web programmer and illustrator, combining technical prowess with a flair for visual storytelling.