Renata Lučić (1991) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter, based between Berlin and Zagreb. She graduated in Film and TV Directing from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and in History from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb.

Working across fiction, documentary, and commercial projects, she focuses on narrative filmmaking with a particular interest in intimate, character-driven stories that explore family dynamics, love and human connection.

Her films have been screened at prestigious international festivals such as Dok Leipzig, Festival EDOC, ZagrebDox, MakeDox, Wicked Queer Boston Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival. Her short film Fifth Floor on the Left won the Best Short Fiction Award at the Veracruz Film Festival, while her documentary As Far as Our Feet Take Us received the Audience Award at the Mediterranean Film Festival Split, the Grand Prize at the Student Film Festival in Belgrade, and was named Best Documentary in her graduating year at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. With her documentary A year of endless days she won an award for the best director at the Liburnia Film Festival 2025.

Alongside her work as a director, she has also worked as a producer on several documentary and television projects. Her producing credits include the documentary TV series Return to the Animals (Povratak životinjama, 2024, 12 × 26’), Idea of Ascent (Ideja uspona, 2024, 4 × 52’), and the documentary series Craft (Zanat, 2021, 12 × 10’).

She has recently completed her short fiction film 2000 - an intimate journey into her own past that explores growing up in unhealthy family circumstances and the lasting consequences it brings. She is currently in post-production with the short documentary You don't go to the cemetery with an accordion, which will complete her documentary trilogy about migration of people from the Slavonia region of Croatia.

At the same time, she is developing her debut fiction feature film Lili.

FILMOGRAPHY - DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER

• 2026. – You don't go to the cemetery with an accordion, short documentary, 15', Production: Wolfgang & Dolly – in post-production
• 2026. – 2000, short, 19', Production: More-Magnets
• 2024. – A year of endless days, documentary, 72', Production: Wolfgang & Dolly
• 2020. – Only the sky is limit, documentary, 52', Production: More-Magnets
• 2019. – Nihilist, documentary, 46', Production: Academy of Dramatic Arts
• 2018. – As far as our feet take us, documentary, 34'06, Production: Academy of Dramatic Arts
• 2018. – Fifth floor on the left, short, 14'59, Production: More-Magnets
• 2016. – It went well, short, 17'51, Production: M&R
• 2015. – Parcel 81/5, documentary, 17'15, Production: Fade In
• 2014. – Organizirani svijet kupovine sreće, short experimental, 2'18, Production: Organ vida, International Photography Festival
• 2013. – Please mum not today, short, 14'29, Production: AKC Medika

AWARDS

• "A year of endless days" – WINNER – Best Director – Liburnia Film Festival 2025.
• "Fifth floor on the left" – WINNER – Best Film – Short of the year 2019.
• "Fifth floor on the left" – WINNER – Best Film – Shots: International Independent Short Film Festival 2020.
• "Fifth floor on the left" – WINNER – Best Queer Film – Verashort – Festival of short Veracruz 2019.
• "Fifth floor on the left" – WINNER – Best Film – Indie Short Film Festival Los Angeles 2019.
• "As far as our feet take us" – WINNER – Audience Award – Festival mediteranskog filma Split.
• "As far as our feet take us" – WINNER – Best Film – International student film festival Beograd 2018.
• "As far as our feet take us" – WINNER – Best Director – International student film festival Belgrad 2018.
• "As far as our feet take us" – WINNER – Best Film – FRKA Zagreb 2018.