biography
Ana Nedeljković was born in Belgrade in 1978. She graduated in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. She was awarded a PhD in art practice at the same faculty. She is a visual artist, director, animator and educator.
Her first film “Rabbitland” (directed by Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr, 2013) was awarded the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale. It has also received numerous other awards and has been shown at more than a hundred festivals worldwide. Her second film “Untravel” (directed by Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr, 2018) was also screened at numerous festivals including Berlinale, Annecy and Sundance, and nominated for the Annie Award.
Filmography:
Rabbitland (2013)
Untravel (2018)
The Happiness Machine (2019)
Money and Happiness (in production)
UNTRAVEL
Awards
2018
Annie Award Nominee for Best Animated Short Subject
Oscar qualification for the Best Animated Short Film
Grand Prix Animation, Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Grand Prix Golden Pegasus, Animator, Poznan, Poland
Best Balkan Film, Anibar, Peja, Kosovo
Special mention, World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Varna, Bulgaria
Special mention, Balkanima, Belgrade, Serbia
Special mention, SITGES, Sitges, Spain
Best Film (Students Jury), Carbonia Film Festival, Carbonia, Italy
Best Script, Animage, Brazil
Best film, Festival of Serbian Fantastic Film, Belgrade, Serbia
UNICEF Award, ZINEBI, Bilbao, Spain
Best International Film, Dublin Animation Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
2019
Special Mention, Tricky Women Tricky Realities Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Special Mention, SEE Fest, Los Angeles, USA
Best stop motion film, Neum International Animation Festival NAF, Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best editing, International Short Film Festival Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia
Best animation film, Tehran International Short Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
Best film, Short Film Festival Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria
Best Script, International Animation Festival Lanterna Magica, Goiania, Brazil
Festivals
2018
Berlinale , Berlin, Germany
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Animafest Zagreb, Croatia
Annecy, France
Fest Anca, Ziline, Slovakia
Animator, Poznan, Poland Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anibar, Peja, Kosovo
Turku Anmated Film Festiva, Turku, Finland
Linoleum, Kiev, Ukraine
Take One Action, Edinburgh, UK
Animanima, Cacak, Serbia
Pancevo Film Festival, Pancevo, Serbia
Kraljevo Film Festival, Kraljevo, Serbia
World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Varna, Bulgaria
Balkanima, Belgrade, Serbia
Animest, Bucharest, Romania
Carbonia Film Festival, Carbonia, Italy
StopTrik, Maribor, Slovenia
SITGES, Sitges, Spain
CineEast , Luxemburg
Adelaide Film Festival, Adelaide, Australia
ANIMAGE, Brazil
Festival of Serbian Fantastic Film, Belgrade, Serbia
Animatou, Geneve, Switzerland
BIAF, Bucheon, South Korea
Banja Luka International Animation Festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway
CutOut Fest, Mexico
Leeds Film Festival, Leeds, UK
Tirana IFF, Tirana, Albania
Eastern Neighbors, Holland
Exground film festival, Wiesbaden, Germany
ZINEBI, Bilbao, Spain
London International Animation Festival, London, UK
ReAnimania, Yerevan International Animation Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
Les Sommets du cinéma d’animation, Montreal, Canada
POF Black Night, Talin, Estonia
2ANNAS, Riga, Latvia
Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019
Trieste Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
Göteborg Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden
Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia
Sundance, Park City, USA
Anima Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne – Music & Cinema (FIFA), France
Omaha Film Festival, Omaha, USA
Tricky Woman Tricky Realities Festival, Vienna, Austria
Glas Animation Festival, Berkeley, USA
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Monstra Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Movies that Matter, Hague, Holland
American Documentary Film Festival AmDocs, Palm Springs, USA
Animakom, Bilbao, Spain
Go Shorts, Nijmegen, Holland
Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, USA
Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Filmfest Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Favourites Film Festival, Bremen, Germany
SEE Fest, Los Angeles, USA
Seattle Film Festival, Seattle, USA
South Side Film Festival, Bethlehem, USA
Vidlings & Tapeheads Film Festival, USA
Neum Animated Film Festival, Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Curtas Vila do Conde, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Durban International Film Festival, Durban, South Africa
Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago, Italy
Supertoon International Animation Festival, Sibenik, Croatia
Dotodot Open Air Short Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo
Animix, Tel Aviv, Izrael
Molise Cinema Film Festival, Casacalenda, Italy
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival, Conversano, Italy
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Nancy International Film Festival, Nancy, France
Victory International Film Festival, Evansville, USA
Quebec City Film Festival, Quebec City, Canada
International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries “Pacific Meridian”, Vladivostok, Russia
Festival Stop Motion Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Beast International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
Sedicicorto International Short Film Festival, Forli, Italy
3D Wire, Segovia, Spain
Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, USA
DocLisboa (educational program), Lisbon, Portugal
International Short Film Festival Canton, Canton, China
REX Animation Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
TIAF Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan
Tehran International Short Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
International Animation Festival Lanterna Magica, Goiania, Brazil
ReAnima, Bergen, Norway
Etiuda and Anima International Film Festival, Krakow, Poland
RABBITLAND
Awards
2013
Crystal Bear, 63rd Berlin Film Festival, Generation
Golden plaquette of Belgrade, 60th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
Personal Special Mention, Fest Anca International Animation Festival
Special Jury Mention, 19th Sarajevo Film Festival
Best Short Film, 5th ReAnimania, Yerevan International Animation Festival
Cristal Prism for the best animation film, Academy of Film Art and Science of Serbia (AFUN) award
2014
Arte Award, Premiers Plans, Angers, France
Diploma of Merit, Tampere Film Festival, Finland
Best Short Film, Fantasporto, 34th Oporto International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna, Tricky Women International Animation Festival, Vienna, Austria
Session winner (Late Night Bizarre), Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Best Balkan Animation, Anibar Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo
Special Jury Mention, Stop Trick Film Festival, Maribor
The Student Jury’s Favourite Short Film, Primanima, World Festival of First Animations, Budaors, Hungary
Special Mention, Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Festivals
2013
63rd Berlin Film Festival, Generation, Berlin, Germany
60th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
19th Vilnius International Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Zilina, Slovakia
20th European Film Festival Palic, Palic, Serbia
MIFF Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
19th Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
6th Cinema City International Film Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
Buster, Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen, Denmark
AnimaAnima International Animation Festival, Cacak, Serbia
Let’s Cee Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Animage, Festival Internacional de Animação de Pernambuco, Brasil
Raindance Film Festival 2013, London, UK
Take One Action, Edinburgh, UK
Balkanima, 10th European Animated Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Anim’est, International Animation Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Banjaluka 2013, International Animated Film Festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
10th London International Animation Festival, London, UK
Tirana international Film Festival 2013, Tirana, Albania
5th ReAnimania, Yerevan International Animation Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
DOK Leipzig, 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig, Germany
Tous Ecrans, 19th Geneva International Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
Animax, Skopje Animation Festival 2013, Skopje, Macedonia
Stockholm Film Festival 2013, Stockholm, Sweden .
14th Izmir Short Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey
55th ZINEBI, Bilbao, Spain
Animated Dreams, Tallinn Black Night Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
10th Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Festival on Wheels, Turkey
2014
Trieste Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
2nd Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival, Luxor, Egypt
Premiers Plans, Angers, France
Tampere Film Festival 2014, Tampere, Finland
Fantasporto, 34th Oporto International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
Tricky Women International Animation Festival, Vienna, Austria
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg, Germany
Go Short International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj, Romania
26th Filmfest Dresden, Dresden, Germany
21st Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Stuttgart, Germany
25th Mediawave, Komarom, Hungary
17th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey
Human Right Nights, Bologna, Italy
Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Film, Trebon, Czech Republic
30th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Rabbitfest, International Animation Festival, Perugia, Italy
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Sopot Film Festival, 14th International Film Festival, Sopot, Poland
Lago Film Fest, 10th International Festival of Short Films, Documentaries and Screenplays, Revine Lago, Italy
SICAF 2014, 18th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, Seoul, Korea
New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand
Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo
DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo
47th SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
2ANNAS Riga International Film Festival, Riga, Latvia
Be there! Corfu Animation Festival, Corfu, Greece
11th Filmfest Eberswalde, Eberswalde, Germany
Timishort Film Festival, Timisoara, Romania 4th Stoptrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovena; Niepolomic, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Filmski Front, Novi Sad, Serbia
Filmanak, Serbian Film Days, Stuttgart, Germany
13th St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films BEGINNING, St. Petersburg, Russia
Chicago International Film Festival,Chicago, USA
New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, USA
PRIMANIMA, World Festival of First Animations, Budaors, Hungary
Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia
AFI Fest, Los Angeles, USA
6th Animation Festival and Market 3D WIRE, Madrid, Spain
Aarhus Filmfestival, Aarhus, Denmark
Eastern Neighbors Film Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
Cutout Fest, Queretaro, Mexico
ANIMPACT Animation Festival 2014, Korea, China, Japan
Exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
21st International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Krakow, Poland
23rd International Sequence Short Film Festival, Toulouse, France
FANCINE, 24th Fantastic Film Festival of University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
20th Leuven Short Film Festival, Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2015
10th Prague Short Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Offscreen Film Festival, Bruxelles, Belgium
Serbian Film Week, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Israel
9th Teheran International Animation Festival, Teheran, Iran
American Documentary Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA
17th MECAL, International Short Film and Animation Festival of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
4th Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
SEE fest, South East European Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Animiation workshops
“Animated Feminisms”, Stop Trik Festival, Maribor, Slovenia (2019)
“Truth vs. Lie”, International Documentary and Short Film Festival DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo (2019)
“Smogljevo”, Valjevo Film Festival, Valjevo, Serbia (2018)
“Return to film”, series of animation workshops, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018)
“Stop motion animation”, Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia (2017)
“Fortress”, International Documentary and Short Film Festival DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo (2017)
“Rabbitland 2”, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vienna, Tricky Women Film Festival, Vienna (2015)
“Animated Migrations”, International Documentary and Short Film Festival DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo (2015)
“Rabbitland 2”, International Documentary and Short Film Festival DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo (2014)
Festival Jury:
Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2019)
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia (selection committee) (2018)
International Short Film Festival Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia (2018)
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia (2017)
Enimation Festival, Maribor, Slovenia (2015)
ReAniamania Internationa Animation Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia (2014)
Selected solo exhibitions:
“Untravel to Rabbitland”, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2019)
“Behind the scenes: Rabbitland”, K18 Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia (2015)
“Rabbitland Promotion Office”, Gallery Bildraum 07, Vienna, Austria (2015)
„Evil Girl Project “, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2011)
„Rabbitland“, Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2010)
“Nobody is Afraid of Rabbits”, Remont Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (2008)
“Evil Girl Autonomous Zones”, ArtPoint Gallery,Vienna, Austria (2007)
“Evil Girl: Sexuality in Western Art, Gallery of the Belgrade Youth Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia (2007)
“Evil Girl: I Am the Best!”, Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia (2006)
Work in Art Education/Research:
2013-2019. Associate Expert in Education, Cultural Center of Belgrade
“Art, Education, Culture”, workshop and lecture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia (2014)
“Children Make” (project team member), Interactive Institute Gothenburg, Sweden; Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Serbia (2014)
Study visit, Modrena Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (2013)
International conference (concept and organization) “Visual Art, Education, Culture: From Practical Work to Cultural Policies”, KulturKontakt Austria, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Artedukacija (2012)
“Mapping Culture: Aspects of Cultural Education in South Eastern Europe”, text for the book published by KulturKontakt Austria (2012)
Research “Arts and Cultural Education: Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia”, for KulturKontakt Austria, Department Arts+Cultural Education (2011)
Research “Arts and Cultural Education: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia”, for KulturKontakt Austria, Department Arts+Cultural Education (2010)
Work in Art Education/Workshops:
“KCB film workshop 2019”, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2019)
“KCB film workshop 2018”, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2018)
“Artedu 2018“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2018)
“Artedu 2017“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2017)
“Artedu 2016“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2016)
“Artedu 2015“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2015)
“Artedu 2014“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2014)
“Artedu 2013“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2013)
„KCB Workshop 2013“, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2013)
„Express Yourself by Drawing – annual program 2012“, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (2012)
„KCB Workshop 2012“, Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2012)
“The War is Over”, “It’s Time We Got to Know Each Other”, 52nd October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia (2011)
„Express Yourself by Drawing – annual program 2011“, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (2011)
“Creative Postcards of the Savski Venac Municipality”, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia (2011)
„KCB Workshop 2011“, Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2011)
„Creative Laboratory for the Alteration of Memories “, 51st October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia (2010)
„Express Yourself by Drawing – annual program 2010“, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (2010)
„Express Yourself by Drawing – annual program 2009“, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (2009)
Contact:
Facebook: Ana Nedeljkovic
Instagram:_ananedeljkovic