Lidija Zelovic Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

My career in the documentary film industry started with Zelovic Productions where I scripted, directed and produced my own documentaries. After 20 years, Zelovic Productions grew into Zelovic Film, a company that I co-founded with my friend and colleague Rogier Kappers. We focus on creating personal films that bring small stories to a wide audience. My highest awards go to three widely recognised sequel documentary films:- Once Upon a Time, there was a country.. (1999, 12 minutes), nominated for the best Dutch short movie at The Netherlands Film Festival- My Friends (2006, IKON/ARTE in coproduction with Pieter van Huystee/Zelovic Productions) - awarded for The Best international documentary, Belgrade Festival - My Own Private War (2016, IKON in co-production with Zelovic Productions) - world premiered at Vision du Reel/Compétition Internationale Moyens Métrages. The President Award at Sevastopol International Film Festival; The Best Human Rights film at Free Zone International FF; The Award MÉMOIRE DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE at PriMed Film Festival in Marseille; The First Prize Winner at Beyond the Borders, Castellorizo, Greece.

Speaker at The Hague Talks, platform dedicated to raising political awareness and getting the dreamers and the realists together.

Speaking at various events in Humanity House about my personal point of view on the topics of love and life, war and peace.

Under the IKON flag, now merged with EO, I directed several documentaries which won many international awards. IKON remains my favourite club. MY OWN PRIVATE WAR (doc. 60 min, 2016) IKONMY FRIENDS (doc. 60 min, 2006) IKON/ARTEJUST ANOTHER DAY - SREBRENICA WOMEN (doc. 60 min, 2005) IKONDOCTORS IN THE WAITING ROOM (doc. 35 min, 2004) IKONBABILON, MILENIUM PROGRAMME (doc/talkshow, 55min, 2000) IKON

Guiding students in Poldox classes (UvA) to shape their own story into a script for a documentary film. The classes would end with screening of students' self produced short documentaries to a varied jury panel, of which I was a permanent member.

YASSINE GOES TO SYRIA (doc. 60 min. 2014) Dir. Y. El Idrissi, script: Lidija Zelovic & Yassine el Idrissi

THE HOUSE THAT FATA NEVER BUILT (doc. 50 min, 2012) by Clive Gordon.

LAND OF OUR GRANDPARENTS (doc. 70 min, 2007) Dir. A. Goekjian. Zelovic Productions/Electrical Films/IKON/VRT

MY FRIENDS, coproduction ARTE/IKON and Zelovic Productions

I was involved in research and production of multiple documentaries.

Fiction film "List", "The Letter", by Denijal HasanovicCezar Film, Telewizja Polska

Managed various news productions in different warzones.

THE LAST YUGOSLAV FOOTBALL TEAM (doc. 90 min, 2000) NPS, by Vuk JanicEmmy Nomination - Best Documentary Film, 2000, USA, PRIX Italia- Best Documentary Film, 2000, Italy.I acted as researcher, field producer and assistent script writer.

Research and executive production of the widely recognised movie 'The Valley' by Dan Reed (BAFTA nominated)Hidden camera for the investigative Emmy winning news documentary 'Murder in Little Krusha - Witness to Murder'.

I managed various news productions in different warzones.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Film & Tv Science

Yugoslav Literature & Serbocroatian Language