Marko Šantić

* 1983, Split, Croatia

Marko Šantić is a Croatian-born, Slovenian-based film director and screenwriter. His short feature film Good Luck Nedim (2006) received several international awards, which include the Heart of Sarajevo for the best short film, Tribeca FF Student Visionary Award and EFA nomination in the short film category among others. Šantić’s previous feature-length works include a TV feature Seduce Me (2013), which was internationally premiered at 29th Warsaw Film Festival, receiving Special Mention in 1-2 competition. The film was also the Slovenian submis

Marko Šantić is a Croatian-born, Slovenian-based film director and screenwriter. His short feature film Good Luck Nedim (2006) received several international awards, which include the Heart of Sarajevo for the best short film, Tribeca FF Student Visionary Award and EFA nomination in the short film category among others. Šantić’s previous feature-length works include a TV feature Seduce Me (2013), which was internationally premiered at 29th Warsaw Film Festival, receiving Special Mention in 1-2 competition. The film was also the Slovenian submission for the 87th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014. With Sara Hribar, who is one of the co-writers of Wake Me, Šantić co-directed a feature film Lada Kamenski (2018), which had an international premiere at the Montreal Film Festival and has received 11 awards. Wake Me (2022) is Šantić's fourth film and his first solo cinema feature.

Awards 21 awards and 1 nomination
Award (Audience Award)
best film
2022
Award (Jury Award)
best film (Short)
2022
Award (Jury Award)
best film (Short)
2022

hrvaško: Kinematografija bivše Jugoslavije raspala se jednim tragičnim ratom. Prvi koji su uspostavili mostove između novonastalih država bili su sineasti. Ovaj film predstavlja sintezu skoro tridesetogodišnje saradnje kinematografija u takozvanom regionu. Film “Marko” svojom humanom porukom i vrhunskom realizacijom otvara nove prostore za kinematoografsku saradnju na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije.

Award (Jury Award)
best film (Drama)
2022
Special Prize (Jury Award)
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2022

Ethics and human rights award

Special Mention (Jury Award)
------- (Fiction, Short)
2022
Award (Jury Award)
best film (Short)
2021
Special Prize (Jury Award)
best film
2019

The Jury’s Special Prize for groundbreaking cultural change goes to the director of Lada Kamenski, Sara Hribar for smashing the chauvinistic cultural hegemony in Balkan films. In this festival of films from Balkan countries most of the films, include women solely as sex objects or aunty-granny types, and they are always secondary characters.

Lada Kamenski is refreshingly breaking away from the reigning man’s world,and stereotypical views of women. One looks forward to seeing the future steps, from this debuting filmmaker.

FEDEORA Recognition Award (Jury of Critics Award)
best film (Croatian, Feature Length, Fiction)
2018
FEDEORA Recognition Award (Jury of Critics Award)
best film (Short)
2017
Vesna Award (Jury Award)
best directing
2013

Za odločno in zrelo režijo, s katero zgradi intriganten pogled na sodobno življenje in ustvari nepozabljive filmske like.

Special Mention (Jury Award)
------- (First Feature, drugi film)
2013

For the cleverly formulated sort telling and the outstanding performance of the main character.

Prešeren Award of the University of Ljubljana (University Award)
best short
2004
Nominations