Varja Močnik

Varja Močnik graduated in film and TV directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. She has worked as a self-employed person in culture since 2001. After graduation, she directed a few films and worked as a TV director. From 2003 to 2006, she worked for the Slovenian Cinematheque (Slovenska kinoteka) as an assistant to the programme manager. During this time, she began to write and translate texts about film. The cooperation with Slovenian Cinematheque continued when she worked as a film programme curator from from 2014 to 2022, which she still continues to do as a guest. She has worked at the international film festival Kino Otok – Isola Cinema from the very first edition in 2013 to this day in different capacities, but she currently holds the position of head film programmer. Since 2020 she has also been cooperating with the University of Nova Gorica as a lecturer in film theory and history at their Academy of Art.