Pavo Marinković (b. 1967, Zagreb, Croatia) studied scriptwriting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He later swapped the theatre for television and worked for Croatian TV in 1996-2005. In 2006 he wrote the script for Tressette – A Story of an Island (Trešeta), about life on a small Dalmatian isle; that same year he directed the film with Dražen Žarković. The movie was screened at more than thirty festivals – including Bucharest, Bergamo, Naples – and won a series of awards. In 2009 he wrote and directed Love Life of a Gentle Coward (Ljubavni život domobrana), which garnered three awards at Pula and the Special Jury Prize at the Houston festival; it was also shown at a number of other festivals.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
