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Emilija Gasic is an award-winning Serbian filmmaker born in Yugoslavia, now residing in New York City. She graduated with an MFA in Cinematography from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Film Directing from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.
Emilija grew up in a small Serbian town in the 90s against a background of news reports on war, a dying country and the sense of uncertainty which deeply affected her sensibility in arts and formed her observant style in creating tension and atmosphere in her films.
Her short films have had successful festival runs, with her most recent directorial work The Wait screening at one of the oldest short film festivals in the United States – 68th Columbus International Film & Animation Festival in Ohio as well as at the acclaimed Maryland Film Festival. The Wait also won Best Serbian film at JSFF in 2019 and a Silver Film Award at Europe Asia Festival of Cinema in 2020.
Emilija participated in many film workshops and talent labs all over the world, most notably EICAR in Paris, PFS in Prague as well as Transatlantic Talent Lab at RIFF in Reykjavik as one of the 35 filmmakers selected from around the world with mentor Mike Leigh.
She was a runner and coordinator of a film festival “Cinema Zone” for two years, within the international music event LOVEFEST in Serbia. As a cinematographer, Emilija is passionate for working on film and does a lot of film photography, experimenting with different formats. She
has shot films in the USA, France, Norway and Czech Republic and is a Nikon Storytellers Award recipient.
She is currently working on her first animated film The Pit as well as developing her first feature film 78 days.

FILMOGRAPHY

Awards & Accolades
2020 – Sloan Finalist Award for writer/director project MILEVA
2019 – Nikon Storytellers Award
2019 – Purin Foundation Scholarship
2018 – BAFTA New York – HBO Scholarship Nomination
2018 – Dositeja – Young Talents of Serbia Award
2017 – Sara Driver Production Award for “The Wait”
2017 – Willard T.C. Johnson Fellowship
2016 – Sundance Horizon Finalist for Young Women Filmmakers
2015 – Best Student Award at The Academy of Arts

WRITER/DIRECTOR
THE PIT |animated short film|New York, in progress.
HER & HIM |commercial, New York, 2019.
THE WAIT | fiction, 14 min , Serbia, 2019.
Europe Asia Silver Award at Europe Asia Festival of Cinema, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2020.
Best Serbian Film Award at Japanese Serbian Film Festival, Belgrade and Tokyo, Serbia, Japan, 2019.
Craft Award Best Supporting Role First Run Film Festival, New York, 2019.
Official Selection at IFFC Cologne, Germany, 2020.
Official Selection at Prokuplje FIlm Festival, Serbia, 2020.
Official Selection at 68th Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Ohio, 2020.
Official Selection at Izmir International Short Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey, 2019.
Official Selection 66. Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia, 2019.
LITTLE WOLF | fiction, 4 min, New York, 2017.
Mykonos Biennale, Mykonos, Greece, 2017.
DISQUIET | fiction, 22 min, Serbia, 2016.
Jury Award (Honorable mention) Bobst Film Festival, New York, USA, 2017.
Best Original Score Bobst Film Festival, New York, USA, 2017.
Award Best Serbian Film, October 2012 Kraljevski Filmski Festival, Kraljevo, Serbia, 2017.
Audience Choice Award at KRAF, Kragujevac, Serbia, 2016.
Official Selection Prokuplje Short Film Festival, Prokuplje, Serbia, 2017.
Official Selection Macabro Film Festival in Mexico, 2017.
Official Selection Japanese Serbian Film Festival, Belgrade and Tokyo, Serbia, Japan, 2017.
THE CURSED DAYS |fiction, 16 min, Serbia, 2014.
The Golden Pelican Petros Award at the Mykonos Biennale, Mykonos, Greece, 2015.
Official Selection Serbian Fantasy Film Festival in Belgrade, Serbia, 2014.
Official Selection The People’s Film Festival, New York, USA, 2015.
Official Selection Student Art Festival, Goldenrod, Florida, 2015.
Official Selection MONTIFFF, Tivat, Montenegro, 2015.
Official Selection Early Bird Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, September, 2015.
Official Selection Women in Film + Television Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2016.
Official Selection VI Russian International Horror Film Festival and Award DROP Moscow, Russia, 2016.
Official Selection Garden City International Film Festival, India, 2016.
Official Selection Frostbitter, Icelandic Film Festival, Iceland, 2016.
THE TRAIN | fiction, 8 min, Serbia, 2014.
Audience Choice Award Best Indie Horror film Top Shorts Online Film Festival, US, 2015.
Official Selection Early Bird Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, September, 2014.
Official Selection Student Art Festival, Goldenrod, Florida, USA, 2015.
Official Selection FilmQuest, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2015.
Official Selection VI Russian International Horror Film Festival and Award DROP Moscow, Russia, 2016.
AN UNKNOWN FRIEND | fiction, 8 min, Czech Republic, 2013.
Royal Reel Award Canadian International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2015.
Official Selection Student Art Festival, Goldenrod, Florida, 2015.
Official Selection Mykonos Biennale, Mykonos, Greece, 2015.
Official Selection Early Bird Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014.
THE CRACK | fiction, 28 min, Serbia, 2013.
Official Selection Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, New York, USA, 2015.
Official Selection Student Art Festival, Goldenrod, Florida, 2015.
Official Selection Access Code Film Festival, Bangalore, India, 2014.
Official Selection FFHN film festival in Montenegro, 2013.
Official Selection Serbian Fantasy Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, 2013.
Official Selection Early Bird Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2013.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
TRAITORS | short film dir. Robert Moncrieff | New York, USA, 2020.
AVEC TOI, SEULE | short film dir. Oriana NG | France, 2020.
OUT OF ORDER | short film dir. Brandon and Cameron Laventure | New York, USA, 2020..
MARS DREAM | short film dir. Kayla Arend | New York, USA, 2020.
HER & HIM |spec commercial co-directed by Alexander Wiske| New York, USA, 2020.
FIRST TIME | short film dir. Shu Gao | New York, USA, 2019.
Award Winner at Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019.
Award Winner at Portland Comedy Film Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2019.
SANTA | short film dir. Gao Shu | New York, USA, 2019.
HOR | short film dir. Hanna Mundal | Norway, 2018.
COLLISION |short film dir. Andrea Vaca| New York, USA, 2018.
JUST US | short film dir. Cameron Laventure | New York, USA, 2017.
UNDERBRUSH |short film dir. Tim Delaney | New York, USA, 2017.