contact: dzeverdanovic@gmail.com

Zoran Dževerdanović is the producer and founder of Blade Production from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana but his passion for film and art projects led him to found his own production company 12 years ago. He has produced many award-winning films such as the first Slovenian horror movie Idyll (2015) and a political thriller All Against All (2019), a coproduction between Slovenia-Croatia and North Macedonia. In 2017 a short film Into the Blue (Croatia-Slovenia-Sweden coproduction) won Special Jury Mention at the 67th Berlinale and many other prestigious awards such as the Youth Jury Award at the 63rd Oberhausen Film Festival, Heart of Sarajevo and many other international awards. Into the Blue was also Student Academy Award Finalist.

Filmography:

• ALL AGAINST ALL / feature political thriller / 2019 / as producer
• BLUE BUNNY / short film / 2019 / as producer
• INTO THE BLUE / 2017 / short film / as producer
• BULLDOZER / documentary film / 2017 / as co-producer
• NIKO / short film / 2017 / as producer
• QUIET / short film / 2017 / as producer
• RECONCILIATION / short film / 2017 / as producer
• APOPTOSIS / short film / 2017 / as producer
• LONGING / short film / 2016 / as producer
• IDYLL / horror feature film / 2016 / as producer

Festivals / Awards:

• ALL AGAINST ALL / 22nd Slovenian Film Festival / Portorož / 2019 / Competition program, 48th International Film Festival FEST / Belgrade, Serbia / Competition program, 67th Pula Film Festival / Croatia – Competition program, 6th Balkan Panorama Film Festival / Izmir, Turkey / Competition program, 8th Trebinje Film Festival / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Competition program, 2nd Anatolia International Film Festival / Turkey / Best Poster Award, 7th FINDECOIN / Independent International Short and Feature Film Festival / Venezuela / Best Film Award, 6th Atlantic International Film Festival / Colombia / Competition program, 6th Cine De BAYAMÓN International Festival / Puerto Rico / Best Film Award, 2. MADRIFF – Independent Film Festival / Madrid, Spain / Competition program, 1st Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival / Turkey / Competition program, 5th Indian International Film Festival / India / Best Film Award, 5th Europe Film Festival / Spain / Competition program, 5th Chambal International Film Festival / India / Competition program, 9th Noida International Film Festival / India / Best Camera Award, 11th Southeast European Film Festival / France / Competition program, 11th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival / India / Honorary Jury Mention Award, 2nd International Festival of Short and Symbolic Art Film (ISAFF) / Russia / Competition program, 3rd Fiction Film Festival / Spain / Best Actor Award – Vlado Novak, 5th FICCSUR International Film Festival / Southern Cone, Chile / Competition program, 4th Fantastic Film Festival / Spain / Best Film Award / 1. Iconic Images Film Festival / Lithuania / Competition program, ADIFF – Actor & Director Awards International Film Festival / Saint Petersburg, Russia / Best Feature Film Award, 2nd International Short & Symbolic Art Film Festival (ISAFF) / Russia / Competition program, HALO International Film Festival / Saint Petersburg, Russia / Best Feature Film Award, Diamond Eye International Film Festival / Russia / Best Camera Award

• INTO THE BLUE / 34th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival / Jury Award, Oscar Nomination awarded by the Academy in the “Best Live Action” Category, and finalist for the Student Oscar award, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 67th Berlinale / Special Jury Award in the Generation 14+ category, 63rd International Short Film Festival / Oberhausen, Germany / Youth Jury Award, 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival / Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film, 39th International Short Film Festival / Aspen, USA / Competition program, Odense International Film Festival 2017 / Denmark / Competition program, 33rd Hamburg International Film Festival / Germany / Competition program, 42nd Atlanta Film Festival / Atlanta, USA / Competition program, 30th International European Debut Film Festival / Angers, France / Jury Award for Best Short Film, 23rd International Short Film Festival / Drama, Greece / Competition program, 31st Leeds International Short Film Festival / England / Louis le Prince Competition Program, 21st International Short Film Festival / Wintherthur, Switzerland / Competition program, 15th Molise Cinema Film Festival / Section dedicated to Croatian film, 1st Mediterranean Film Festival / Batroun, Lebanon / Competition program, 20th Slovenian Film Festival / Ljubljana / Competition program, 15th Kockice Film Festival / Zagreb, Croatia / Competition program, 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival / Competition program, 32nd European Short Film Festival / Brest / Competition program, 10th International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth “KUKI / Berlin / Competition program, 28th LIFF – Ljubljana International Film Festival / Ljubljana / Competition program, 13th SEEfest Southeast European Film Festival / Los Angeles, USA / Competition program, 23rd MED FILM Festival / Rome, Italy / Competition program / Special Jury Award, 28th Stockholm International Film Festival / Stockholm / Competition program, 21st Sonoma International Film Festival / Sonoma, USA / Competition program, 65th March Documentary and Short Film Festival / Belgrade, Serbia / Competition program, 27th FLICKERFEST International Film Festival / Australia / Competition program, 35th BUFF, International Children’s Film Festival / Malmo, Sweden / Competition program, 9th Les Arcs European Film Festival / France / Competition program, 13th Reykjavik International Film Festival – RIFF / Competition program, 15th Asiana International Short Film Festival / Seoul, South Korea / Competition program, 35th Sulmona International Film Festival / Italy / Award for the best European short film, 10. Cineast – Festival of Central and Eastern Europe / Audience Award, 35th Ale Kino International Young Film Festival / Special Jury Award, Cinalfam International Film Festival in Lisbon / Best Short Film Award, Short To The Point / Awards for May 2017 – Best Film / Best Cinematography, K3 Film Festival / Austria / Competition program, 14th Akbank Short Film Festival / Istanbul / Competition program, LET’S CEE Film Festival 2018 / Austria / Competition program, 15th TIFF – Tirana International Film Festival / Albania / Competition program, 15th Bogotashorts – Short Film Festival / Bogota, Colombia / Competition program, 6th Friss Hús International Short Film Festival / Budapest, Hungary / Competition program, 11th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival / Competition program, 23rd LA MATATENA – International Children’s Festival / Mexico / Competition program, 13th FIFEJ – International Children’s Film Festival / Sousse, Tunisia / Competition program

• IDYLL / 18th Slovenian Film Festival / Portorož / 2015 / Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actor (Jurij Drevenšek), Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actress (Nika Rozman), Vesna Award for Best Feature Film, Vesna Award for the best scenography (Gregor Nartnik), 17th Nevermore Film Festival / USA / Best Film Award, 17th Nevermore Film Festival / USA / Audience Award, 11th Grossman Wine and Film Festival / 2015 / Slovenia / Special Jury Award, 19th International Weekend of Fear Festival / Erlangen, Germany / Best Feature Film Award, 44th FEST – International Film Festival, Belgrade / Competition program, 6th Torremolinos International Fantastic Film Festival / Spain / Competition program, 3rd Dracula Film Fest / Romania / Nomination for Best Feature Film, 15th Trieste Science + Fiction Festival / Competition program, 3rd Horrorant Film Festival / Athens / Greece / Competition program, Fright Night Theater Film Festival / 2016 / Canada / Competition program, 11. South African Horrorfest / Cape Town, South Africa / Competition program, Las Vegas GALAXY FILM AWARDS / 2016 / USA, Toronto International Spring of Horror and Fantasy / Canada / 2016 / Competition program