Marija Zidar

Birthday:

01/01/1976

Biography:

Marija Zidar (1976) is a Slovenian filmmaker. Her background is in Journalism (BA in Journalism; BA in English Language and Literature) - and she has a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Ljubljana. She is passionate about presenting thoroughly investigated social issue stories through intimate, sensitive, and empathetic visual storytelling. She has written three mid-length documentaries for Television Slovenia and directed one. 'Reconciliation', shot in Albania in 2014, is her debut feature documentary.