DARKO LUNGULOV - jury member of the sixteenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

Darko Lungulov completed film studies at CCNY, New York, USA, and a Master's degree in dramaturgy at FDU.

He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Department of Dramaturgy at FDU.

In 2004, his documentary ESCAPE (2004) won the audience award at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The film was then included in the program of the IDFA 2004 festival; FEST 2005; Leipzig Documentary Film Festival 2005, GoEast 2005, Santiago De Chile International Film Festival among others.

His debut feature film, There and Here, won Best New York Story at the 2009 Tribeca Festival and received rave reviews in The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and The New York Times. The film won 20 awards at more than 50 international film festivals. In cinema distribution was in: USA, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Greece, screening rights sold in 21 countries. It was the first film from Serbia on Netflix from 2010-2012, and later on the Amazon Prime platform, where it is still streaming.

FIPRESCI Serbia declared Darko the best director in 2009.

Monument to Michael Jackson, his second feature film, had its world premiere in Karlovy Vary in 2014. Among others, he received the Eastern European Film Award at the Santa Barbara Festival in 2015, the Grand Prix Zlatna Mimosa, for the best film at the Herceg Novi Festival in 2014. Shown at over 40 festivals, he received 8 awards.

As a co-writer, he collaborated with Mirjana Karanović on her directorial debut, the film Good Woman, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Festival in 2016.

Darko directed 18 episodes of the TV series SUSPICIBLE FACES based on the motifs of Nušić's People's Representative and Mrs. Minister. The series was shown on RTS in 2016 and 2017.

He was co-producer and co-director of the feature-length documentary The Best Goalkeeper in the World, which premiered in September 2022.

As a director consultant, he worked on the second directorial venture of actress Mirjana Karanović, the film Majka Mar, which had its world premiere at Sarajevo IFF 2024, and was then shown at numerous international festivals.

Darko's latest film, Yu Grupa - A Moment of Sleep premiered at FEST 2023, and at the March Festival of Short and Documentary Films 2023, it won the Grand Prix as well as the awards for Best Editing and Best Sound Design. It was also shown at the Sofia IFF 2024, ZagrebDox 2024 and Underhill 2024 festivals.

Darko is the winner of the annual Award of the City of Belgrade for 2023 for contribution to film, as well as the Annual Award of UFUS (Association of Film Artists of Serbia) for directing the best documentary film in 2023.

Filmography

YU GRUPA - TRENUTAK SNA, (2023) documentary, FEST 2023, 70th March Short and Documentary Film Festival 2023
- Grand Prix for the best film
- Award for the best editing
- Award for the best sound design UFUS annual award for the best direction of a documentary film in 2023.
Award of the City of Belgrade for contribution to the film for the year 2023.

MOTHER MARA, editor. Mirjana Karanović, (2024) feature film, premiere at Sarajevo IFF in August 2024. (*directing consultant)

BEST GOALKEEPER IN THE WORLD, 2022, documentary, (*co-director, *co-producer)

SUSPICIOUS FACES, (2016 / 2017) RTS TV series, based on Nušić's People's Representative and Mrs. Minister

- Director 18 episodes THE GOOD WOMAN (2016) director Mirjana Karanović - *co-writer, directing consultant.

Sundance 2016, Gothenburg 2016, Cleveland 2016
- Award Central and Eastern European Film Competition Motovun Film Festival 2016
FIPRESCI Award Vilnius International Film Festival 2016
CICAE Nagarda FEST 2016
- Award Milutin Čolić

MEMORIAL TO MICHAEL JACKSON (2014) screenwriter, director Karlovy Vary
- world premiere Santa Barbara Festival
- Eastern European Film Award Nashville Int Festival
- Grand pri for the best film and Best Actor Award to Boris Milivojević Herceg Novi Film Festival
- Grand Prix "Golden Mimosa" for the best film Niš - Festival of Acting Achievements
- Grand Prix "Naisa" for the best acting achievement to Boris Milivojević

Festival du Film d'Europe Centrale et Orintale, France
- Grand Prix, Monte Carlo Film Comedy Festival
- Award for the best screenplay Voices Festival, Russia
- Award for the best screenplay

ANGELA - segment of the omnibus film JEDNAKI (2014) director, collaborator on the script Sarajevo 2014 FEST 2015

THERE AND HERE (2009) screenwriter, director

Tribeca - Best NY Narrative Award Cinema Tous Ecrans Festival - Geneva
- Best Director Award "Golden Reflection"
- FIPRESCI Jury Award
- TITRA Award for Distributor
- Special Commendation of the Youth Jury

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2009, USA
- Best Foreign Film Director Award
- Spirit of Independence Award
- Best Actor in a foreign film - David Thornton

Orlando Int Festival - Award for the best foreign film

SKIP-D Festival, Japan - Jury Award

SOFEST 2009
- Award for Best Director,
- Award for Best Actress

FIPRESCI Serbia
- Award for Best Director in 2009,
- Award for Best Actress in 2009

BEKSTVO / ESCAPE (2004) documentary - Director, screenwriter at Hamptons International Film Festival 2004
- IDFA Audience Award 2004

FEST 2005

Leipzig Documentary Film Festival 2005 GoEast 2005

Santiago De Chile International Film Festival 2005