Kadromat was founded in 2017 in Zagreb as an art organization. Kadromat's mission is the production of audiovisual works with uncompromising artistic expression, as well as exploration within the field of film art. Within Kadromat, Daria Blažević and Mate Ugrin operate both as a production team and as directors of their own original projects.
Daria Blažević
is the artistic director of Kadromat. She completed her undergraduate studies in Film and Television Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and her graduate studies in Directing at the Film Academy in Vienna. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Independent Artists and the Croatian Film Directors Guild, where she serves as the president of the Committee for Copyright.
Currently, she is in pre-production for her short fiction film "Lessons," supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) and the City of Zagreb, and is developing the screenplay for her debut feature film "Swamp," also with the support of HAVC. She has written and directed several short fiction films showcased at European and international festivals such as the Zagreb Film Festival, FEKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival, International Festival of Cinema with Alternative Media (FICMA) in Mexico, Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Mediterranean Film Festival in Tangier (Morocco), Alexandria Film Festival (Egypt), Sarajevo Film Festival (BiH), UNICA Festival, Tabor Film Festival, etc.
Mate Ugrin
graduated in Film Directing from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, and later completed a master's program at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HFBK Hamburg). He finished his postgraduate studies in Arts and Media at the University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK Berlin).
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, he is credited with several short films, including "Recent Places" (2016) and "Meanwhile" (2017), which premiered at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival and won the FIRST STEPS award from the German Film Academy. His latest film, "Everything Ahead" (2021), premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where it won the Heart of Sarajevo for the best short film. Currently, as a director, screenwriter, and producer, he is in pre-production for his debut feature film "Petty Thieves" and in post-production for the short film "Lava Stones."