Dea Saracevic has a solid background in film and has been a part of the industry since 2008. She has worked as a director's assistant, casting director, and producer for various short films, commercials, and music videos, and she has also developed various drama projects for film and TV.

Dea’s extensive list of productions includes Josef Fares’ Farsan, the mega-hit TV series Bron/The Bridge, Anna Odell's Venice Film Festival award-winner Återträffen/The Reunion and the multi-award-winning short film Juck/Thrust – which, among others, won awards at the prestigious Berlinale, SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival) and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. 

Dea has studied screenwriting at the reputable Alma Scriptwriting Academy, where she graduated in early 2024. Her short documentary Silver City premiered in 2024. Dea is currently developing an original TV series named Branko, the feature film Buy Me, and a short film called Lucy. Lucy is about the secret lives of two 11-year-old girls – a secret that is bound to be broken and change their worlds forever.

In her work, she explores themes like social structures, public expectations, prejudice, and class. She is drawn to intimate family dramas where a lack of communication is central to the story. She considers film to be the optimal art form because it allows one to use multiple artistic languages simultaneously: words, sounds and images. Her goal as a filmmaker is to create a vivid world that audiences can easily follow and want to be a part of. 

Dea draws inspiration from her own experiences with parents from the former Yugoslavia and a travelling father who called himself a “European” more than a citizen of a specific country. Her background has made her somewhat rootless and responsive to change, new people, and new places. She was an only child travelling between countries from an early age.

Dea is all about the power of imagination and capturing the blur between dream and reality. When she works as a screenwriter and director, this duality is fundamental to her.

Agent: Martina Österling

selected works

Lucy - short film (screenwriter/director) - in pre-production
Branko - tv series (creator/screenwriter) - in development
Buy Me - feature film (screenwriter/director) - in development
Silver City - short documentary (writer/director/cinematographer/producer) – 2024
Parallelltrapets - short film (producer) - 2023
Juck (Thrust) - short film documentary (producer) - 2019