Mirjana Mimi Vlaovic is a Belgrade-raised, London-based writer-director. Her London Film School graduation film Your Guardian, represented by Festival Formula, got into more than 30 festivals, won 9 prestigious awards and is now available to watch at girlsinfilm.net. With this film Mimi has also been shortlisted for Young Director Awards in Cannes in 2023, and 1.4 Awards of Brilliant Filmmaking in London in 2024.
She has been a member of the Screenwriting Jury of the BIFA qualifying Watersprite Film Festival Cambridge for the past two years, along with the Fine Line Film Festival jury. She has worked as Monica Bellucci’s assistant on the Venice premiering feature On The Milky Road, and on multiple series and award winning shorts in different departments.
Growing up in a patriarchal country, she became an advocate for authentic female representation in film and TV, founding the Female Characters Film Fest in Belgrade. At the festival, Mimi hosts educational panels with industry professionals, leads Flip The Stereotype workshops and makes the film selection.