Aleksandar Kostic
Known for DirectingBelgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]
Aleksandar Kostic is a New York City - based, Serbian-born filmmaker whose work explores perception, memory, consciousness, and the unseen forces that shape human experience. Blending science fiction, mystery, psychology, and social commentary, his films challenge audiences to question the boundaries between reality and imagination.
His award-winning feature film CAPIO received the Outstanding Achievement in Speculative Fiction Award at the Queens World Film Festival and earned a 9.5/10 review from Film Threat. His experimental film Persistence of Memory, featuring an original score by Joan La Barbara, premiered at the opening of the MaerzMusik Festival in Berlin as part of Cage and Consequences, celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Cage's birth.
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Kostic's work has been recognized by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Hollywood Reporter, and has screened internationally at festivals and institutions including PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, the Museum of the Moving Image, the Queens World Film Festival, the Philip K. Dick Film Festival, the MaerzMusik Festival, and Anthology Film Archives.
