Get the latest gossip

Mirjana Karanović on the World Premiere of ‘Mother Mara’ and Her Roles as Director, Actor and Woman


Multi-hyphenate Mirjana Karanović is the Balkan region’s most famous star. She discusses acting and directing during the premiere of "Mother Mara."

On the eve of the world premiere of “Mother Mara,” her second feature as a director, multi-hyphenate Mirjana Karanović, the Balkan region’s most famous star, visited the Variety Lounge presented by the Sarajevo Film Festival and BH Telecom. Karanović reveals plans for her third feature, to shoot next year, that will be a forbidden love story between two women. When she played leading roles in “Grbavica” by Bosnian Jasmila Zbanic and “The Fraulein” by Croatian Andrea Staka, who both wrote the parts for her, it made her think about directing herself.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Variety

Read more on:

Photo of mirjana karanović

mirjana karanović