Elma Tataragic is born in Sarajevo in 1976. She has graduated Dramaturgy at Sarajevo Academy of Performing Arts. She is one of the founders of Sarajevo Film Festival where she now works as selector for Competition Program (feature and shorts), In Focus and BH Film programs. She collaborated on the script for short film First Death Experience and wrote and produced short North Went Mad. She has produced and co-wrote the feature film Snow shown at Cannes 2008 – Semaine de la critique where the film won the Grand Prix. The film has been shown at over 60 festivals and won over 20 international awards. She is also general secretary and a member of BH Filmmakers Association. She has been teaching screenwriting at Sarajevo Academy of Performing Arts since 2002. She has completed postgraduate studies and is currently working on her thesis on screenwriting. She is also attending London-based Script Factory scriptwriting courses. |
