Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović is a writer-director born in Dubrovnik. She holds an MA from Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University, New York. Antoneta is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Lab, Sarajevo Talent Lab, La Fémis Producing Atelier, and the Marcie Bloom Fellowship and is a member of the Academy. Her short film Into the Blue, won numerous awards worldwide. Her first feature film Murina had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Camera d’Or award.