Stefan Malešević (1989) was born and raised in Belgrade. He studied at the PhD film.factory program in Sarajevo under the mentorship of Bela Tarr and other guest lecturers (Gus van Sant, Fred Kelemen, Tilda Swinton, Carlos Reygadas, Cristian Mungiu, Agniezska Holland...). There he made several short films which screened at international festivals (Trieste, Sarajevo, Tokyo, Moscow...). His documentary film Gora was awarded at Beldocs, Dokufest and screened at Visions du Reel along with a dozen of other festivals. His first fiction feature film Mamonga got developed in Kino der Kunst project development forum and Karlovy Vary Eastern Promises program. It premiered in 2019 at Karlovy Vary and so far also screened at New Horizons in Wroclaw, Poland.
Stefan was a jury member at the Montenegro Film Festival 2017, Roshd Film Festival in Tehran 2018 and BelDocs Film Festival 2018. Stefan participated at IDFAcademy Summer School 2019. He is a member of the European Film Academy since 2019.
- 2019 Mamonga, fiction, 92’; screened at East of the West competition in KVIFF, Karlovy Vary, Czechia 2019; Discoveries in Nowy Horizonty, Wroclaw, Poland 2019; Montenegro Film Festival, Herceg Novi, Montenegro 2019;
- 2017 Gora, doc, 78’; best camera and best film @ BelDocs, Serbia 2017; Special Jury Mention at DokuFest, Kosovo 2017; screened @ Astra, Romania 2017; UnderHill, Montenegro 2017; Cinema City, Serbia 2017; Visions du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland 2018;
- 2015 The Bucketrider, fiction, 10’; screened @ Cannes Short Film Corner 2016; Divan Film Festival, Romania 2016; Kino der Kunst, Munich, Germany 2016;
- 2014 A Fine Day for Bananafish, fiction, 25’; Jury award @ B3F Pogradec, Albania 2015; Best short film @ Regards sur le Cinema du Monde Festival, Paris, France 2016; screened @ Trieste Film Festival, Italy 2015; DIFMF, Dublin, Ireland 2015; UnDependence,