Audition as Networking – Workshop
8/11 | FRIDAY | 10:00 – 14:00 | Scenoteka
9/11 | SATURDAY | 14:00 – 18:00 | Scenoteka
Audition as Networking
Workshop
open to the public
Audition as Networking is a two-day workshop intended for actors who want to get a better, behind-the-scenes understanding of the audition process, learn how to present themselves and their work to directors, casting directors and producers, and how to use the audition as an opportunity for networking. During the workshop, under the guidance of actress Katarina Madirazza, participants will cover self-tape techniques, commenting on auditions, headshots and showreels, in group and one-on-one settings. At the end, they will present their acting work to director Filip Heraković, casting director Sanja Drakulić and producers Matija Drniković and Tamara Babun, who will share with them tips on preparing for auditions and reveal what filmmakers look for in the auditioning process.
The workshop is free of charge, the number of participants is limited, while the workshop is open to spectators.
Apply by sending your CV, headshot and showreel link (not mandatory) to the email audicijakaonetworking@gmail.com. Applications are open until full capacity.
Find more information about the workshop on Instagram: @audicijakaonetworking and @petit.teatar
workshop leader
Katarina Madirazza
Katarina Madirazza is a professional actress. She graduated from ADU in Zagreb and the Prague Film School. She is active in theatre, film and television, in Croatia and abroad. She is the founder of the Petit Theater, where she conducts the workshop “Audition as Networking”. She had the idea for the workshop after attending numerous domestic and foreign workshops herself, where she recognised a problem plaguing numerous actors, as well as film and TV productions – a lack of auditions and a constantly repeating handful of actors! With its unique concept, the workshop offers actors the opportunity for networking with producers, directors and casting directors through the audition process, introducing them to fresh and undiscovered talents.
Tamara Babun
producer
Tamara Babun is a film producer from Zagreb. In 2017, she founded the production company Wolfgang&Dolly, after more than a decade of professional experience in film, television and theatre. She is a member of Croatian Producers Association (HRUP) and Filmmakers Association of Croatia (HDFD). She was the producer or co-producer on the feature film Pelican, documentary Little Star Rising, short film Paradise, documentaries A Two Way Mirror, The People Are the Way and numerous other projects, and she also participated in the production of the films Tusta, Louder than Guns, Goli, Generation ‘68, Happily Ever After and others. The documentary science-travel series AHA! is her second screenwriting and first directorial project.
casting director
Sanja Drakulić
Sanja Drakulić is an actress, casting director and director of the company Duart (www.duart.hr), the first online platform for connecting film professionals in Southeastern Europe, which today gathers more than 800 freelancers and about 50 companies. As a casting director, she worked on numerous international films, including The Dark Tower, Ibiza, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, The Weekend Away, Faraway, Camino, Master and Margarita, the children’s show Momo, and Canary Black. She is a long-time drama teacher (ZKM, Luda Kuća) and a member of the European Film Academy.
producer
Matja Drniković
Matija Drniković (Zagreb, 1993) graduated in Film Production at ADU. He worked at Nukleus film as a junior producer, where he participated in various international film productions. He worked for Nanobit, for which he wrote stories and content for video games. He is currently a producer at production company Wolfgang&Dolly, where he is involved in all projects, many of which he initiated himself. He has been creating and leading film workshops for children and young people for more than seven years. He has participated in numerous workshops, such as Screen Leaders, EAVE Marketing, EAVE Ties That Bind, Rotterdam Lab, Sarajevo Talents, MAIA. He is a member of the European Film Academy.
director
Filip Heraković
Filip Heraković (Pula, 1989) graduated in Film and TV Directing at ADU. He wrote and directed several short films that screened at national and regional film festivals. His first feature Pelican (2022) premiered at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, where he won the Special Jury Prize for Directing. He is currently finishing the short fiction film Crocodile’s Teeth. He is also developing the feature Night Waves. He is a member of the Croatian Film Directors’ and Producers’ Association (DHFA) and artistic organisation Plafon.