Emilija Gašić is an award-
winning Serbian filmmaker
and photographer, born in
Yugoslavia. She holds an MFA in
Cinematography from NYU Tisch
and a BFA in Film Directing from the
Academy of Arts in Belgrade. Her
debut feature 78 Days (2024) had
its world premiere at Rotterdam IFF
(2024, Bright Future section), where
it ranked among the 20 most-
watched films. It won Best Film
at Cyprus Film Days (International
Comp., 2024), Tofifest (International
Comp., 2024), Innsbruck (Feature
Film Comp., 2024) and has screened
at over 50 film festivals around the
world. Emilija received the Vanguard
Award at Vancouver IFF (Vanguard
Comp., 2024) and the Discovery
Prize at Seoul Intl. Women’s FF
(Discovery Comp., 2024). As a
cinematographer, Emilija works
across film formats and has shot
in the US, France, Norway, and the
Czech Republic. She received the
Nikon Storytellers Award (2019)
and was a finalist for the Volker
Bahnemann Cinematography Award
(2020). Her latest cinematography
work, The Waltz for Three (2024),
screened at Dances with Films
(Shorts Comp., 2025) and St. Louis
Film Festival (Shorts Comp., 2024).
Her traveling analogue photo
exhibition IN | BETWEEN (2021)
showed in Serbia, London and NYC.
Emilija co-founded Istok Films
with Alex Wiske and lives between
New York City and Belgrade. She
is currently developing her second
feature, Wolf Days, with TFL
ScriptLab.