Writing wasn’t enough for me; I found myself in film. As an indie filmmaker, I embrace full creative freedom, doing everything myself with my own resources. It’s challenging, but each step is an opportunity to grow and tell authentic stories.
Stanka Gjuric is a Croatian professional writer and poet with 20 published books, and also an independent filmmaker with around 20 short films completed. She ventured into filmmaking in 2006 and quickly gained recognition for her ability to blend various cinematic disciplines. As a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, and editor, Gjuric crafts films that merge innovation with compelling storytelling.
Her work has been showcased at prestigious international film festivals across Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Asia. To date, her films have been selected for festivals in over 25 countries, earning critical acclaim and securing 26 international awards.
Renowned for her unique vision and innovative approach, she has established herself as a prominent figure in the global independent film scene. Continuously pushing artistic and technical boundaries, she remains dedicated to redefining the possibilities of cinema.
  • Screenwriter (14 Credits)
    Undo2025
    Documentary, Short
    FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE2024
    Documentary, Short
    POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME2024
    Experimental, Short
    Twist2024
    Short
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
    Six tears2023
    Short
    Bon Appétit2022
    Documentary, Short
    Bread2022
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Noon shot2022
    Documentary, Short
    Son of a Prophetess2022
    Short
    Summer morning2021
    Short
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Picture and sound editor (14 Credits)
    Undo2025
    Documentary, Short
    FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE2024
    Documentary, Short
    POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME2024
    Experimental, Short
    Twist2024
    Short
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
    Six tears2023
    Short
    Bon Appétit2022
    Documentary, Short
    Bread2022
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Noon shot2022
    Documentary, Short
    Son of a Prophetess2022
    Short
    Summer morning2021
    Short
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Cinematographer (14 Credits)
    Undo2025
    Documentary, Short
    FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE2024
    Documentary, Short
    POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME2024
    Experimental, Short
    Twist2024
    Short
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
    Six tears2023
    Short
    Bon Appétit2022
    Documentary, Short
    Bread2022
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Noon shot2022
    Documentary, Short
    Son of a Prophetess2022
    Short
    Summer morning2021
    Short
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Writer (14 Credits)
    Undo2025
    Documentary, Short
    FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE2024
    Documentary, Short
    POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME2024
    Experimental, Short
    Twist2024
    Short
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
    Six tears2023
    Short
    Bon Appétit2022
    Documentary, Short
    Bread2022
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Noon shot2022
    Documentary, Short
    Son of a Prophetess2022
    Short
    Summer morning2021
    Short
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Producer (14 Credits)
    Undo2025
    Documentary, Short
    FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE2024
    Documentary, Short
    POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME2024
    Experimental, Short
    Twist2024
    Short
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
    Six tears2023
    Short
    Bon Appétit2022
    Documentary, Short
    Bread2022
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Noon shot2022
    Documentary, Short
    Son of a Prophetess2022
    Short
    Summer morning2021
    Short
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Director (14 Credits)
    Undo2025
    Documentary, Short
    FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE2024
    Documentary, Short
    POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME2024
    Experimental, Short
    Twist2024
    Short
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
    Six tears2023
    Short
    Bon Appétit2022
    Documentary, Short
    Bread2022
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Noon shot2022
    Documentary, Short
    Son of a Prophetess2022
    Short
    Summer morning2021
    Short
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Singing by (2 Credits)
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
    Battle Thoughts2006
    Short
  • Narrator (1 Credit)
    Without breathing2024
    Short, Other
  • Acting (1 Credit)
    Link2022
    Animation, Short, Other
  • Narration (1 Credit)
    Aquarelle2008
    Short, Other
Official selection
Undo
ICJ International Film Award
Lviv
2026
Official selection
Undo
Rivers International Film Festival
Port Harcour
2026
Official selection
Undo
Frome International Climate Film festival
Frome
2026
Finalist
Undo
Sivas International Film Festival
Sivas
2026
Official selection
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME

El Paso
2026
Official selection
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME
Midnight Monster Clob
El Paso, Texas
2026
Official selection
Twist
TEASR short Film Festival
Tuscon
2025
Official selection
Twist
The Cinerotic Film Festival
Detroit
2025
Official selection
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME

Los Angeles
2025
Official Selection
Link
Kuala Lumpur International Film Academy Awards
Kuala Lumpur
2025
Official selection
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME
Standalone Film Festival & Awards
Los Angeles
2025
Honorable Mention
Without breathing
RTF Realtime International Film Festival
Worcester
2025
Official selection; Award Nominee
Without breathing
Chiayi International 3 minute video competition
Chiayi
2025
Official selection
Six tears
Ahmedabad International Film Festival
Ahmedabad
2025
Award winner -Best short film
Link
iDeal International Film Festival
Sillod
2025
Official selection; Award Nominee
Link
AltFF Alternative Film Festival
Toronto
2025
Official selection
Link
Himachal Short Film Festival
Manali
2025
Official selection
Undo
Muğla Zeytin Çiçeği
Muğla
2025
Official selection
Undo
Toronto Global Film Festival
Toronto
2025
Official selection
Undo
Eco film festival by CHYSTO.DE
Kolochava
2025
Finalist
Noon shot
Antares
Moscow
2025
Official selection
Battle Thoughts
Med Award
Almeria
2025
Plague 'Golden Sonflower' for Best sound
Summer morning
Žisel
Omoljica
2025
Official selection
Twist
UltraLoveFest
Nicolosi
2025
Croatian representative
Summer morning
UNiCA 2024. - World Minute Movie Cup
Poznan
2024
Official selection
FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE
Chiayi International
Taipei City
2024
Official selection
FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE
Short Cut
Inđija
2024
Best Director
Six tears
VIP Fest
Barcelona
2024
Official selection
Bread
"Fibula"
Sisak
2024
Official selection
Without breathing
Frome International climate Film Festival
Frome
2024
Quarter-finalist
Bread
WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival
Toronto
2024
Official selection
FROM NEW YORK, WITH LOVE

Inđija
2024
Official selection
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME
The shortest day
Beograd
2024
Award Winner - Best comedy
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME
Author Film Festival
Barcelona
2024
Official selection
Link
Festival srpskog filma fantastike
Beograd
2024
Official selection
Aquarelle
Video poem competition of 'La Factorie'
Val de Reuil
2023
Official selection
Aquarelle

Val de Reuil
2023
Official Selection
Link
Kalakari film fest
Indore
2023
Official selection
Summer morning
Croatian 1 minute Film Festival
Požega
2023
Official selection
Summer morning
60SIFF
Islamabad
2023
Special Award for Best film direction and best foreign short narrative film
Link
Egyptian American Film Festival
New York
2023
Best Europian short Film
Son of a Prophetess
Cinemaking International Film Festival
Dhaka
2023
Best thriller
Six tears
Dramatica Film Festival
Barcelona
2023
Best satirical drama
Six tears
Author Film festival
Resistencia
2023
Best Thriller
Six tears
The Best Film Festival
Barcelona
2023
Official selection
Noon shot
Lift
London
2022
Official selection
Bread
DO PÃO - International Documentary Film Festival
Albergaria-a-Velha
2022
Official selection
Link
„The Clapperboard Golden Festival“
São Paulo
2022
Official selection
Link
'McMinnville Sci-Fi Film Festival'
McMinnville
2022
Best screenplay
Link
Summer Film Festival
Residencia
2022
Official selection
Son of a Prophetess
FeKK
Ljubljana
2022
Award Winner - Best Contemporary film
Son of a Prophetess
Forum Film Festival of Contemporary film
Resistencia
2022
Winner - Best documentary
Bon Appétit
'Cinecibo' Festival
Roma
2022
Official selection
Summer morning
MISTER VORKY
Ruma
2022
Official selection
Summer morning
Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival
Harroagate
2022
Finalist
Summer morning
ESMoA Video Art & Film Festival
El Segundo
2022
Honorable Mention
Summer morning
Willachen comedy and satire filmprize - the golden cellar rattle
Wienna
2021
Official selection
Summer morning
Noble International Film Festival and Awards
Bangalore
2021
Official selection
Summer morning
NNISFF
Nizhnjy Novgorod
2021
Special screenings
Battle Thoughts
Open air de mon repos - Base court
Laussane
2008
Official selection
Battle Thoughts
Eco Films Rhodes
Rhodes
2008
Nosside award
Aquarelle
Premio Nosside
Reggio Calabria
2008
Official selection
Battle Thoughts
Silhouette
Paris
2008
1st Prize
Battle Thoughts
Festival krtkog filma Mostar
Mostar
2007
Special Jury Award
Battle Thoughts
Alu Cine
Toronto
2007
Official selection
Battle Thoughts
Cine Eco
Seia
2007
Official selection
Battle Thoughts
International ecological ffilm festival by the Regio Ile de France
Paris
2007
Official selection
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLED ME
Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions Volume 3
London
Official selection
Battle Thoughts
Cinemambiente
Torino
Official selection
Son of a Prophetess
Annaba Mediterrannean Film Festival
Annaba
Birth City
Čakovec
Current City
Zagreb
Hometown
Zagreb
Height
170
Gender
Female
Eye Color
Blue
Married To
No
Children
No
After famous Croatian film director Rajko Grlić saw Stanka’s interview and photographs in newspaper, he invited her to audition for his British film "That summer of White Roses" (Đavolji raj), and she got the role of singer White Rose. She starred alongside excellent British actors such as Rod Steiger, Alun Armstrong, Tom Conti, Susan George, Geoffrey Whitehead and many others.
Writing wasn’t enough for me; I found myself in film. As an indie filmmaker, I embrace full creative freedom, doing everything myself with my own resources. It’s challenging, but each step is an opportunity to grow and tell authentic stories.
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