World of Shorts -the Sarajevo 2012 issue

Have you got any plans for other films? Features or shorts? Can you tell me a few words about what short film as a genre means to you?

Yes, I have several plots I would love to see on screen that I am constantly working on slowly. When I feel any of them is good enough, I offer it to the script writer I plan to work with and hear what they think. Then I usually take it back because I find out that it is not ready by far.

Who is the actor you would love to work with most? Do you have rolemodel directors?

Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling and Brendan Gleeson.

And all of them in one movie! As for the directors, there are many I take inspiration from: Stanley Kubrick, Danny Boyle, Steven Spielberg, Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn and many others.

Do you watch other filmmakers’ short films? What inspires you? What kind of trends do you notice, and is that something you pay attention towhen working on your own scripts?

A few years back, I was watching shorts a lot, everywhere I could. Now I am much lazier so I watch much fewer nowadays, but as a genre, I see it as a great way to try new things. Often you try to get the same number of ideas into a short as into a feature and that can be very interesting. A short must not be boring, that is the basic rule.

How do you see yourself in 10 years’ time? What are your dreams and what do you think the reality will be?

My dreams are big and I try to never think of reality. I hope that sticks with me for some time.