Ada Rajković is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles and Belgrade. She holds a BFA in Photography and Media from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in Ethnographic Documentary from University College London.

Her films have screened internationally and received recognition at festivals across Europe, including the New Balkan Film Festival, where her video essay Living Among the Dead won the Best Archival Project Award. Her experimental short Soul Storm was selected for Labocine’s Archival Program in 2026 and was an official selection of the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival.

She is currently developing her first feature documentary, My Grandfather, The Communist, which received the Best Script Award at DOC.Coimbra 2026.

Filmography:

• Living Among the Dead / documentary film / 2025 / director, editor
• Soul Storm / experimental short / 2025 / director, editor
• Red Star Divided / documentary film / 2024 / director, editor

Festivals and Awards:

• My Grandfather, The Communist / DOC. Coimbra Script Lab / Feature Documentary / Coimbra, Portugal / 2026 / Best Script
• Living Among the Dead / Balkan New Film Festival / Documentary Film / Stockholm, Sweden / 2025 / Best Use of Archives
• Living Among the Dead / International Festival of Ethnographic Films / Documentary Film / Skopje, North Macedonia / 2025 / Official Selection