Juraj Lerotić

Juraj LEROTIĆ (1978, Germany) was born in Kiel before moving to Croatia. He studied early-childhood education and theology and later graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb in Film and TV Directing. His first short film Then I see Tanja (2010) was awarded the Golden Pram at the Zagreb Film Festival. He wrote, directed and starred in his debut feature film Safe Place (2022), which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in the Concorso Cineasti del presente programme, where he won the award for Best Director and Best Debut Feature Film. He also won two awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival, including a Sarajevo Heart for Best Film and Best Actor.