Kumjana is a research-based filmmaker working also as a film curator and lecturer.
Born in Yugoslavia, Kumjana’s background is in social sciences.
As an author, Kumjana explores relationships related to power, war, memories and (un)belonging.
Her work has been shown and exhibited across the world. Her film Disturbed Earth (co-directed with G.C. Candi) has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards. For her last film Silence of Reason (2023) she was awarded Best Directing Award at IDFA’s Envision, after receiving the Heart of Sarajevo for Human Rights.
She currently lives between Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Skopje, North Macedonia.
Born in Yugoslavia, Kumjana’s background is in social sciences.
As an author, Kumjana explores relationships related to power, war, memories and (un)belonging.
Her work has been shown and exhibited across the world. Her film Disturbed Earth (co-directed with G.C. Candi) has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards. For her last film Silence of Reason (2023) she was awarded Best Directing Award at IDFA’s Envision, after receiving the Heart of Sarajevo for Human Rights.
She currently lives between Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Skopje, North Macedonia.