Forgotten ritual

Mirjam Hlastan was born in 1984 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

After graduating from Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana, she wrote/directed and produced her first short film “Color Blindness” which screened at the international film festival in New York City.

A year later, in 2005, she realized her second short film “Daydreaming” and took a job as a video editor at a local TV station.

During the production break on an award-winning stop-motion animation film “Kiddo-Slingshot”, where she worked as an assistant director, she was selected for and attended 2nd Sarajevo Talent Campus.

After working on over 120 projects in film and tv production, taking on roles of the director, writer, producer, editor, PA and AD and designer, she decided to pursue her personal and professional development abroad.

In 2011 she moved to Berlin, Germany.

During the years 2016 and 2017 she expanded her understanding of the film festival circuit even further by working the stand for Slovenian film center at European film market.

In 2017 she was selected to participate at 5th Innsbruck Film Campus. The same year she learned at TechOpenAir - 360 Video filming and streaming workshop and Media.Think.Tank conference at Babelsberg studio.

In 2019 she volunteered as a Helping Hand at Re:publica + Media Convention festival and attended a masterclass “International producing“ with acclaimed film producer Marleen Slot.

Her latest short film “Forgotten ritual“ screened at Cannes Short film Corner, Dresden film festival, Tirana film festival, Slovenian film festival, Illuminate Film Festival and Lift-Off August Sessions 2019.

Feeding her never-ending curiosity and desire to grow as a filmmaker and a business person she regularly attends events organized by the FilmTechOffice, Factory Berlin and The Family.

She is a member of Federal Association of German Film Directors (BVR), Filmnetzwerk Berlin and Crew-United.

At the moment she is working on numerous projects in various stages of production.