Una Gunjak

Una is a Sarajevo born writer, director and editor. She has pursued her studies first in Italy, and then in the UK, where she graduated at the National Film and TV School obtaining her MA in Film Editing.

Una is a Sarajevo born writer, director and editor. She has pursued her studies first in Italy, and then in the UK, where she graduated at the National Film and TV School obtaining her MA in Film Editing. Before focusing on writing and directing, Una has extensively worked as editor on documentaries and features. 

Her short film "The Chicken" made in 2014 premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week, won the European Film Award for Best Short Film 2014 and screened in the International Competition of Sundance Film Festival. It went on to screen at 270 other festivals around the globe, winning along more than 70 awards. Her 2017 short film "Salamat from Germany", made within the initiative Lebanon Factory, also premiered in Cannes, in the Directors' Fortnight selection. Una is currently in preproduction of her first feature film project “Excursion”, winner of the Hubert Bals Script Development Fund, Sorfond and supported by Sarajevo Film Fund, HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Centre) and Film Centre Serbia.