Sanja Živković is a Serbian-Canadian film director,Jenna Dorsi, TIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Sanja Živković – “Easy Land”. Women and Hollywood, September 5, 2019. whose debut feature film Easy Land was released in 2019.Alisha Mughal, "'Easy Land' Tenderly Explores the Canadian Immigrant Experience". Exclaim!, May 19, 2020.
Born in Serbia, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, with her family during the Yugoslav Wars.Baisakhi Roy, Lisa Evans and Vivien Fellegi, "Inspiring others behind the scenes". Toronto Star, May 4, 2024. She studied film at Simon Fraser University, and has stated that her experience as an immigrant, living as an outsider in an unfamiliar new society, has informed her creative perspective.
She made several short films, including How I Almost Became a Canadian (2009), Our Little Secret (2011),"Indie film fest kicks off Friday". Niagara This Week, April 12, 2012. Maria's Episode (2014) and Cleo (2016),"TIFF 2016: Cleo Review". That Shelf, September 11, 2016. prior to Easy Land, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival."Female, rookie filmmakers round up TIFF's Canadian lineup". CBC News, September 2, 2019.
Her second feature film, Cat's Cry, went into production in 2023.Marko Stojiljković, "Sanja Živković shoots her sophomore feature, Cat’s Cry". Cineuropa, October 9, 2023. It premiered at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival,Jamie Casemore, "Nine Canadian features set to world premiere at VIFF". Playback, August 29, 2024. where Živković received an honorable mention for the Emerging Canadian Director award.Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, October 3, 2024.
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