Dalibor Matanić

Dalibor Matanić was born in 1975 in Zagreb. He graduated in film and TV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His film debut was “The Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside” in 2000 and it achieved huge festival and cinema success, followed by the equally successful “Fine Dead Girls”, which was awarded the Big Golden Arena from the jury, the audience award and the critics’ award in Pula. He then directed six more feature films, two of which premiered internationally at the Cannes International Film Festival. His latest feature film "The High Sun" was awarded with Jury Prize in the official competition program "Un Certain Regard" of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.