Romana Zajec – (SI)


Since I finished my philosophy studies in 2004 I have been working as a journalist, NGO worker and video artist. In all my work I have two primary spheres of interest: first is protection of human dignity and human rights and second environmental protection & sustainable development. I found that writing is not the most appropriate medium for expressing my point of view. This is the reason why I became more and more interested in all phases and steps of film and video making.
For 2 years I had been writing scripts for youth show on Slovenian National Television. I have been an author of monthly radio show on asylum seekers for the second year. I wrote a script for a 50 min documentary on ecological and sustainable lifestyle. The realization (which will happen in the present year) of the movie is supported by two Slovenian Ministries. I am an author of short low budget documentary about women position in Arab countries that I shot (with my coworker Ana Fratnik) in Tunisia in 2007. I have also been working as an assistant director on Slovenian National Television and as a script girl in 3 short movies that were shot on film.
I have been coorganizing, interviewing artists and filming (and preparing video archive) an internation festival of independent artists Break 2.4 in 2007 which was tightly connected to human rights issues. For Break festival I also wrote script and directed 30 sec TV commercial.
I have been developing educational program on environmental protection and ecological/sustainable lifestyle for high school students. With a purpose to raise ecological awareness with high school students I directed, covered with camera (with my coworker Ana Fratnik) Planet of Change, which is the project enclosed.