Director Nađa Petrović Selected for the Lopud Artist Retreat in Spring 2025

The Slano Film Days continues its collaboration with the Lopud Foundation Artist Retreat, aiming to support emerging film professionals working on new projects, especially young directors who are working on their new feature film screenplay. 

Serbian director and screenwriter Nađa Petrović has been selected for the Lopud Artist Retreat in the spring 2025. Nađa will spend four weeks on the island of Lopud, co-writing the screenplay for the film TWO THIRDS OF ONE FIFTH by director Vladimir Tagić, who was a participant at the 2024 Slano Film Days. 

Nađa Petrović has directed the feature films VALJDA ZNAŠ ŠTA RADIŠ and THE SCENT OF FRESH PAINT, the latter winning the Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Student Film at the 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival. She wrote screenplays for dozens of short films that have won awards at festivals worldwide. For the short film EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE, directed by Nikola Stojanović, she won Best Screenplay at the 2021 Bašta Fest. Nađa is also the author of the award-winning novel MEDUZE ŽIVE ZAUVEK DOK IH NE UHVATE which was exceptionally well received by readers and critics alike. 

“I see the Lopud Artist Retreat as an opportunity to isolate myself from the world, and have time in beautiful nature to completely immerse myself in my thoughts, and then begin writing them down. I’m excited to work on the screenplay for Vladimir Tagić’s film while also contemplating other future projects. I expect to be much more productive in such peace and quiet compared to the chaos of city life. I can’t wait!” said Nađa. 

The Lopud Foundation Artist Retreat and Slano Film Days offer selected participants a unique opportunity to focus entirely on developing and writing their screenplays during a four-week stay in the quietness and beauty of the island of Lopud.   

There are two retreats each year - one in the spring and one in the autumn - for four weeks each. Currently, four artists are invited to each retreat. Each retreat hosts artists from across the world and has either a Croatian or someone from the region as guests.  

To read more about Nađa Petrović and the synopsis of the film TWO THIRDS OF ONE FIFTH click HERE.  

To read more about the collaboration between the Lopud Foundation Artist Retreat and Slano Film Days click HERE.