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Kolja Saksida is active in the field of film as a director, actor and producer. At his fifteen years, he made his debut in the short film Forward by Boris Petkovic, followed by roles in short films Robbery of the Century, Dark Side of the Moon and feature films like Fuck, Blind Spot, Installation of love. As an assistant director he participated in the making of Academy Award wining film No Man's Land. Together with Marko A. Kovačič, he directed three animated short films featuring the Plastos Civilization. Up till now his most notable production was an animated series Koyaa that has been shown on the Slovenian national television throughout the 2005 season. 2009 he realized a short puppet animated film entitled Kiddo - slingshot as director, co-writer and co-producer. Saksida participated as an ‘’artist in residence’’ at CEC Arts Link (New York), Talent Campus (Berlin and Sarajevo), Animwork - Open Workshop (Denmark), Nipkow Programme (Berlin), won an award for young filmmaker from Association of Slovenian filmmakers and special jury price at Alternative film festival.
