Renata Poljak
Renata Poljak is a filmmaker primarily focused on short experimental films, for which she writes the script, directs, and produces. Her works are showcased at film festivals, galleries, and museums in Croatia and around the world, earning her numerous awards and recognitions.
In 2024, she directed the feature-length documentary Šume, Šume (74 min), produced by Dokumenta and Kinematograf. The film won the Human Rights Award at the Slobodna Zona festival in Belgrade and was among the top ten films selected by the audience at ZgDox 2024. She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Split and completed her postgraduate studies at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, France.
Her films and artistic works have been presented in some of the most prestigious cultural institutions. In 2010, a retrospective of her works was screened in the Prospectif Cinéma program at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and in 2012, her films were shown at Palais de Tokyo.
In 2013, her solo exhibition Uncertain Memories in New York was highlighted by The Village Voice as one of the three best exhibitions of the month.
For three consecutive years—2019, 2020, and 2021—she premiered films at the Oberhausen Film Festival. Her film Porvenir won five awards at various film festivals, and Lars Henrik Gass, director of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, included Porvenir in Kinoscope's Top 5 Films of 2020.
