Rada Šešić

Born in former Yugoslavia, lives today in The Netherlands.

Worked as a film critic and journalist for Radio-Television Sarajevo and for the film magazine Sineast. Directed several shorts and documentaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Specialised in South Asian cinema. In 1993 moved to The Netherlands. Lectures on Indian cinema (University of Amsterdam) and teaches at Rotterdam Film Course. Selects South Asian films for International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Collaborates on the programme of IDFA in Amsterdam as one of selectors.

Since the beginning of the Dutch foundation Jan Vrijman (part of IDFA) that supports creative documentaries, she is on the selection comity.

She also works for Sarajevo Film Festival as a selector of the Regional Documentary Programme and for International Kerala Film Festival (India) where she selects feature fiction films.

As a scriptwiter and director, she finished in the Netherlands three films: Room Without a View, 1997, Soske ,2001 and In Whitest Solitude, 2001, each screened at some 20 films festivals around the world and awarded with several prizes. Her dance film In Whitest solitude was chosen as one of 10 best Dutch films in 2002 and screened in cinema theatres around the country.

Writes for Skrien (The Netherlands), Dox (Denmark) , Film Guide- Variety (UK) Documentary Encyclopedia (USA) Film Annual (Croatia) and is a member of FIPRESCI.