Dalibor Matanić

Dalibor Matanić (b. 1975, Zagreb, Yugoslavia) studied film and television directing at his hometown's Academy of Dramatic Arts. He debuted in 2000 with the award-winning Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside (Blagajnica hoće ići na more). Two years later, he won numerous domestic awards for his second film Fine Dead Girls (Fine mrtve djevojke). Other films include 100 Minutes of Glory (100 minuta slave, 2004), The Lika Cinema (Kino Lika, 2008), Mother of Asphalt (Majka asfalta, 2010), Daddy (Ćaća, 2011) and the short Tulum (2009), which won 18 awards after being shown at Cannes. The High Sun was shown as part of this year's Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.

50. MFF Karlovy Vary