Dalibor Matanić (21/01/1975. Zagreb)

Film, TV, theatre and commercial director.

Graduated Film and TV directing at Academy of drama arts in Zagreb.

Made his debut at age of 25 with his first feature Blagajnica hoće ići na more/The Cashier wants to go to the seaside which was the opening film at the prestigious New directors/New films film festival at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and received great reviews in New York Times. He won the award for best debutant at the Pula film festival and the film was regional box office hit.

Director of features Zvizdan/The High Sun, Fine mrtve djevojke/Fine Dead Girls, Kino Lika/Lika Cinema, Blagajnica hoće ići na more/The Cashier wants to go to the seaside, Majka asfalta/Mother of asphalt, Zora/The Dawn, TV series Područje bez Signala/The Last Socialist Artefact (limited series), Novine/The Paper (3 seasons), Šutnja/The Silence (2 seasons).

Directed 11 feature films, several short films and documentaries, 3 TV series, 6 theatre plays and many successful and awarded commercials.

Winner of Cannes film festival Prix du Jury Un Certain Regard for feature Zvizdan/The High Sun, only feature in Croatian history selected in Cannes official program.

Winner of Series Mania Grand prix International panorama for TV series Područje bez Signala/The Last Socialist Artefact.

Director of TV series Novine/The Paper (3 seasons), first southeast european TV series with global Netflix distribution.

One of 5 European directors who made first series of short films on #EUANDME topics (2018. Debut).

Two of his short films were screened in Cannes: 2009. Tulum/Party, Semaine De La Critique, 2003. Suša/Drought, Quinzaine Des Réalisateurs, first Croatian film in Cannes.

His first two feature films: Blagajnica hoće ići na more/The Cashier wants to go to the seaside and Fine mrtve djevojke/Fine Dead Girls were presented in NYC’s MoMA.

Beside many international awards for best film and best director, winner of 3 Golden arena awards for best directing on national Pula film festival (Zvizdan/The High Sun, Ćaća/Daddy, Fine mrtve djevojke/Fine dead girls) and 4 Hearts of Sarajevo, 2 for best short film: Tulum/Party, Mezanin/Mezzanine and 2 for Područje bez signala/The Last Socialist Artefact as creator of best TV series and best director.

Winner of 6 Oktavijan awards – Croatian critic’s award.

Winner of 2 awards for culture by City of Zagreb.

Timeline:

2025. LUTKA/DOLL, short film

2023. ŠUTNJA 2/THE SILENCE 2, TV series

2022. BOGOVI/GODS, theatre play

2021/2022. ŠUTNJA/THE SILENCE, TV series

2021. PODRUČJE BEZ SIGNALA/THE LAST SOCIALIST ARTEFACT, TV series

2020. ZORA/THE DAWN, feature

2020. NOVINE 3/THE PAPER 3, TV series

2018. NOVINE 2/THE PAPER 2, TV series

2018. SUMRAK BOGOVA/THE DAMNED, theatre play

2018. DEBUT, short film

2017. EGZORCIZAM/EXORCISM, feature

2016. NOVINE/THE PAPER, TV series

2016. EGZORCIZAM/EXORCISM, theatre play

2015. ZVIZDAN/THE HIGH SUN, feature

2014. THELMA&LOUISE, theatre play

2013. MAJSTORI/HANDYMEN, feature

2013. FINE MRTVE DJEVOJKE/FINE DEAD GIRLS, theatre play

2011. ĆAĆA/DADDY, feature

2011. MEZANIN/MEZZANINE, short film

2011. SJAJNO MJESTO ZA NESREĆU/A GREAT PLACE FOR UNHAPPINESS, theatre play

2010. MAJKA ASFALTA/MOTHER OF ASPHALT, feature

2009. TULUM/PARTY, short film

2008. KINO LIKA/LIKA CINEMA, feature

2006. VOLIM TE/I LOVE U, feature

2005. 100 MINUTA SLAVE/100 MINUTES OF GLORY, feature

2003. KAD NAŠA GLAZBA ZAGRMI/WHEN OUR MUSIC ROARS, documentary

2002. SUŠA/DROUGHT, short film

2002. FINE MRTVE DJEVOJKE/FINE DEAD GIRLS, feature

2000. BLAGAJNICA HOĆE IĆI NA MORE/THE CASHIER WANTS TO GO TO THE SEASIDE, feature

1999. SRETNO/GOOD LUCK, documentary

1998. BAG/BAG, documentary

1996. DERBI/DERBY, documentary