Maja Miloš was born in 1983 in Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated in 2008 in film and television directing from the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade. In 2005, she took part in the Berlinale Talent Campus and in 2006 she attended the Documentary Film School at La Femis, Paris. In 2006, she took part in the workshop of Miroslav Janek and in 2007, she attended the workshop of Dušan Makavejev in Belgrade.
During her studies, she directed eleven short films and documentaries, many of them nationally and internationally recognized. Her first feature film “Clip” from 2012 was screened at festivals all over the world (International Film Festival Rotterdam, San Sebastian Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Moscow Film Festival, American Film Institute Film Festival, British Film Institute Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, BAFICI Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, Transilvania Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival etc.) and won numerous prizes after winning the Tiger award and the KNF award at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
She was a jury member in various festivals including International film festival Rotterdam (2015), Sarajevo (2015), Karlovy Vary (2013), etc.
In 2014 she started working at the Department of Film and Television Directing at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
INTERVAL (INTERVAL) – 2002. - 32 min
SI TU TIMAŽIN (IF YOU IMAGINE) – 2003. - 32 min
LES COUSINS (COUSINS) - 2006. - 10 min
PRAH (DUST) – 2008. god. - 20 min
KLIP (CLIP) – 2012. god. - 102 min
AWARDS:
International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Award, KNF AWARD
Transilvania Film Festival - BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Brussels European Film Festival - WHITE IRIS AWARD
Cinemacity IFF – BEST FILM
Peace and love - Börlange Film Festival - BEST FIRST FILM
Film festival Sopot – BEST DIRECTING
Motovun Film Festival – BAUER AWARD FOR THE BEST REGIONAL FILM
LIFFE Film Festival Leskovac – BEST DIRECTING
FIPRESCI Serbia – BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTING
Ljubljana International Film Festival – BEST FILM
Cinedays Film Festival Skopje – BEST FILM
Dublin Int FF – BEST FIRST FILM
Discovery Zone Film Festival Luxembourg – FIPRESCI AWARD FOR BEST FILM