Daina Oniunas-Pusic

About

Daina Oniunas-Pusiç was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1985 where she acquired a BA in film directing. During her studies she had the chance to direct about a dozen short films and a documentary. In 2009 she won at the Revue of Croatian Filmmaking with her film Kinkachoo which she wrote and directed. She has also directed a theatre dance performance and worked as an assistant director on an experimental feature film as well as dozens of commercials. In January 2010 she enrolled in the filmmaking masters course at the London Film School. She lives in London.

Daina Oniunas-Pusic

Course:

MA Filmmaking

Course number:

171

Graduation year:

2012

Nationality:

Croatia

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Graduation film

Elephants

16-year-old Abi has a limited ability to distinguish fantasy from reality. Every night as she tries to sleep, she hears Rita and Rita's husband fighting above her. In the alchemy of imagination, insomnia and projection she fabricates a picture of the large imposing woman beating her diminutive husband. When Abi's mother dispatches her with a message for the upstairs flat, Abi sees a very different picture.

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LFS Filmography

Elephants, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 23m, LFS/Croatian Film Institute, 2012
Press Your Lips Together, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, B&W, 12m, LFS, 2011
Selected as Best Film in Generation at the LFS 2011 official screening
Skin Deep, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2010
Companions, DIRECTOR, 16mm, B&W, 6m, LFS, 2010
Kinkachoo, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 16m, Academy of Dramatic Art, 2009
Winner at the 41st Review of Film and Video Art 2009
The Cut (Rez), HD, 9m, Academy of Dramatic Art, 2008
Official selection 40th Review of Film and Video Art 2008
At the Table (Za stolom), WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 6m30s, Academy of Dramatic Art, 2007
Winner of best male performance at F.R.K.A. 2007