Igor Drljaca (born 1983) is a Canadian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian film writer, producer and director."TIFF spotlight: Igor Drljaca and 'The Waiting Room'". Canadian Press, September 17, 2015. A graduate of York University,"Immigration, accents and typecasting: The Waiting Room actor Jasmin Geljo & director Igor Drljaca" . Toronto Film Scene, September 12, 2015. he cofounded the Canadian production company Timelapse Pictures with Albert Shin."Cameras roll on Igor Drljaca’s The Waiting Room". Playback, December 2, 2014.
Career As a writer and director, he has made the narrative feature films Krivina (2012), The Waiting Room (2015) and The White Fortress (2021),Anna Franklin, "FNE at Berlinale 2021: Films from Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 Berlinale's Generation". Film New Europe, February 9, 2021. as well as the feature documentary The Stone Speakers (2018). His short films include Woman in Purple (2009); On a Lonely Drive (2009); The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (2011), which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards; and The Archivists (2020).
As a producer, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for Shin's Best Picture-nominated film In Her Place (2014),"Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Feature film categories". Playback, February 15, 2015. and was a producer of Bojan Bodružić's 2018 documentary film The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs.
At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, Drljaca received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The White Fortress.Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
Teaching Drljaca is an associate professor in film production at the University of British Columbia's theatre and film department.
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