Directing

Neven Samardžić

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Neven Samardžić was born in 1986 in Sarajevo. In 2017, he completed his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo. During his time at the Academy, he wrote and directed short films and student plays. Professionally, he has performed in four stand-up shows, produced two music videos, and served as both an assistant director and director for the documentary series Hoću kući for Al Jazeera Balkans. Čistoća is the film he created as his senior thesis.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Factory poster
5.0

Five uniquely moving films about motherhood—bubbling up in the grocery store, the cemetery, or even a car ride—come together in this omnibus film set in Sarajevo.

The Factory

2019

The Factory poster
5.0

Five uniquely moving films about motherhood—bubbling up in the grocery store, the cemetery, or even a car ride—come together in this omnibus film set in Sarajevo.

The Factory

2019

No artwork available
NR

Anka, 12, and Yelena, 45, know each other from the neighborhood grocery store where they spend their day, one inside, the other outside. One evening, an unexpected visit provokes an incident that both women will suffer from.

Spit

2019

No artwork available
NR

Anka, 12, and Yelena, 45, know each other from the neighborhood grocery store where they spend their day, one inside, the other outside. One evening, an unexpected visit provokes an incident that both women will suffer from.

Spit

2019

Those Dark Nights poster
NR

Besieged Sarajevo, 1993, Haska (28) finds a love letter in her husband’s pockets after his death on the frontline. She tries to understand what has happened and eventually decides to leave Sarajevo with her son Denis (9).

Those Dark Nights

2021

Clean poster
5.7

Fudo is a drug addict who decides to quit heroin and reconcile with his mother after his best friend dies. However, people continue to perceive him as an addict and refuse to believe he has really changed. Estranged from the people around him and tortured by feelings of guilt over his best friend's death, Fudo is at risk of returning to his old life.

Clean

2017

Clean poster
5.7

Fudo is a drug addict who decides to quit heroin and reconcile with his mother after his best friend dies. However, people continue to perceive him as an addict and refuse to believe he has really changed. Estranged from the people around him and tortured by feelings of guilt over his best friend's death, Fudo is at risk of returning to his old life.

Clean

2017

No artwork available
NR

It gives an overview of the life of national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina through five BiH cities: Brcko, Prijedor, Prnjavor, Sarajevo and Tuzla that are placed in both entities and Brcko District. It is looking parallel at the lives of members of national minorities.

When We Are Fewer

2019

No artwork available
NR

It gives an overview of the life of national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina through five BiH cities: Brcko, Prijedor, Prnjavor, Sarajevo and Tuzla that are placed in both entities and Brcko District. It is looking parallel at the lives of members of national minorities.

When We Are Fewer

2019