Tamara Pavićević
Montenegro
Biography
Tamara Pavićević is a film director and producer from Montenegro. She is the director of a short documentary film „This isn't Kika“ about an ageing bodybuilder, which is currently in post-production. The film explores toxic masculinity and its effects on a man's life. Tamara is the director and scriptwriter of the project „Yellow wave“, currently in post-production. The themes it deals with are internalised misogyny and the stigma surrounding mental illnesses. She was the producer of the film „Idiot“ (2019), the graduation project of film director Sara Stijović. The film deals with a young woman in a hostile work environment, who makes an honest mistake and might lose her job. The stakes are high as she is the breadwinner of the family. This film has just been awarded at the Boden Film Festival in Sweden, in categories: Best Actress and Short Film. During her bachelor studies, she worked on a number of student films and exercises as a production assistant and later producer. She also co-created two radio dramas and submitted a theatre project based on George Bernard Shaw's play „Mrs. Warren's profession“. She represented Montenegro in the international peace project/ art residency "No More Wounds" in Italy, with a video installation "When you're ready". The project is about different stages of dealing with trauma. Currently she’s a final year student of masters in film directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Cetinje. Working on her thesis project, a short horror film based on a story by Lana Bastašić.