Antonio Nuić (born 26 March 1977 in

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) is a Bosnian Croatian film director and screenwriter. Nuić had graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Art before beginning his career directing music videos and short films. His first short film ''Na mjestu događaja'' (1998) and ''Vratite im Dinamo'' (1999) won awards at student film festivals. His next project was ''Sex, drink and bloodshed'' (''Seks, piće i krvoproliće'', 2004), a film in three segments, for which he directed the 23 minutes long ''Bloodshed'' segment. His first feature film was ''

All for Free ''All for Free'' ( bs, Sve džaba) is a 2006 Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian film directed by Antonio Nuić. The film premiered at the 2006 Pula Film Festival (the Croatian national film awards festival), where it went on to win the Big Golden Arena fo ...

'' (''Sve džaba'', 2006), which won him the

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and Best Screenplay awards at the 2006

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. This was followed by '' Donkey'' (''Kenjac'', 2009) which was Croatia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, without receiving a nomination. He also directed the Croatian-language versions of the ''

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'' film and the

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-winning animated feature ''

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'' (both 2007). In 2010 Nuić was elected president of the Croatian Film Directors Guild.

Filmography

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'' (''Sve džaba'', 2006) *'' Donkey'' (''Kenjac'', 2009) *'' Life Is a Trumpet'' (''Život je truba'', 2015) *''

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'' (2018)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuic, Antonio 1977 births Living people Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Film people from Sarajevo Croatian film directors Croatian screenwriters Golden Arena for Best Director winners