Nevena Dakovic, PhD, is professor of Film Theory/Film Studies at the Dept. of Theory and History and the Chair of Interdisciplinary PhD Art and Media Studies at the University of Arts, Belgrade. She is the author of seven books (Balkan kao filmski zanr: slika, tekst, nacija, 2008; Melodrama nije zanr, 1995)- the latest being STUDIJE filma: Ogledi o filmskim tekstovima secanja/Film Studies: Essays in cinematic texts of memory and rememberance, (2014) -and editor of many others  etc. Nevena Dakovic publishes widely in the national and international framework (UK, USA Turkey, Slovakia, Italy, Austria, France, ), participates at the conferences and is member of international project and research groups. She lectures on European and American universities.