Pavo Marinković

Pavo Marinković was born in Zagreb in 1967, where he studied dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a dramatist and editor in the Drama Programme of Croatian Television and as the head of the KNAP Theatre, Peščenica Cultural Centre. During his studies, he wrote his first plays, which have received multiple awards, been translated and performed (Teatar ITD, ZeKaeM, HNK Split...). He is a five-time recipient of the „Marin Držić“ Award for the best dramatic work. He evaluated projects and screenplays for the European MEDIA Programme and for Mannheim Meeting Place, the co-production market of the Mannheim Film Festival.
From 2017 to 2019, he was the artistic advisor for feature films at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, and from March 2021 to September 2022, he was the artistic director of the Pula Film Festival. Since 2022, he has been a member of the European Film Academy. He has written and directed four feature films, one feature-length documentary and one short fiction film. All have received multiple awards and have been screened at around one hundred international festivals, some of which belong to the highest category: Karlovy Vary, Montreal, Chicago, Cairo, Goa and Tallinn.