NINO KOVAČIĆ is a freelancer with a long-standing background in film and media-based cultural projects. As a festivals’ programme and production associate, he contributed as a film programmer and programme and event coordinator, working with Animafest, ZagrebDox, Zagreb Film Festival, 25 FPS Festival, Days of Croatian Film in Croatia, and Kaboom, Cinekid and IFFR in the Netherlands. A member of the Croatian Film Critics Association and FIPRESCI, and jury member at over twenty festivals (Karlovy Vary, IDFA, DOKLeipzig, among others). He writes for relevant film and cultural media, and professional periodicals (Filmonaut, Croatian Film Chronicles, Zapis...), online (Tportal, Talking Shorts, Zona filma, Talking Shorts, Kulturpunkt.org, Jutarnji list...) and Channel 3 of Croatian Radio. As a film educator, he has organised and mentored many film analysis workshops for children, young adults, students and elderly film enthusiasts.