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Curator and screenwriter
Country of origin
Slowenien

Suzana Kokalj (*1987) studied art history at the Faculty of Art/Ljubljana and video production at the Institute and Academy of Multimedia/Ljubljana in. She has worked as a curator in an art gallery and on various projects in film production. She has been working with Studio Siposh since 2022. Her passion is screenwriting: in 2022 she was part of a Writers' Room on Slovenian television POP TV. In 2022 she received a special prize at the Hypewriter Pitching Forum and presented her project at the TV Beats Co-Financing Market at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Suzana is also the co-founder of #FLIF, an independent short film festival in Tržič, Slovenia.

Current issues

Mythical figures and images from the worlds of culture, sport and politics formed the subject matter of some of the films screened at DocFest Sheffield 2026. Peter Paul Huth explores them.
The extent to which the documentary film has evolved was once again evident this year at DocFest Sheffield (10–15 June 2026). The classic ideal of Direct Cinema or Cinéma Vérité has given way to a wide variety of cinematic possibilities. Report by Peter Paul Huth.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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