Ivan Marinović

Director

Ivan Marinović is a Montenegrin director, born in 1984 in Kotor. He graduated in industrial design from the Politecnico di Milano, and completed his Master’s in Film Directing at FAMU in Prague. His feature debut THE BLACK PIN (2016) premiered in the competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival and was Montenegro’s candidate for the 86th Oscars. His film FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE (2023) won the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Best Screenplay at the ScripTeast in Cannes in 2019. The film premiered in the official selection of the 2023 Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, and screened at over 30 festivals. It won several awards, including the Fedeora Award for Best Film at the Montenegro Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature Film

FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE (2023)

THE BLACK PIN (2016)

Fiction Short

PRAISE THE SEA, STICK TO THE SHORE (2011)

TV Series

HOTEL*** (2025) - 15 episodes

Co-producer

YUGO FLORIDA (2025)

WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL (2023)

ALL ALONE (2018)