Mitja Okorn

An economist by training a director by passion and a film buff In 2001 his first short film Be Flexible won him an award at the Motovun Festival in Croatia among others Three years later his feature debut Tu pa tam Here and There made on a nearzero budget became a huge hit in Slovenia gained wide distribution and was screened at numerous European film festivals In 2007 he received a British Council nomination for the International Young Film Entrepreneur of the Year Award IYFEY and was featured in Screen International magazine as a European Star of Tomorrow That same year the Polish broadcaster TVN invited him to direct the immensely popular series 39 i pół 39 and a Half and later invited him to collaborate on the project Letters to Santa Mitja Okorn has also directed numerous commercials and awardwinning music videos He has been living and working in Poland since 2007