279 - Dragana Jurišić

Dragana Jurišić is a photographer, writer and filmmaker. She has exhibited extensively and won numerous awards. Dragana’s work is in several significant collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Arts Council Collection, the Irish State Art Collection (OPW), the Bank of Spain, and others.

Her first book, YU: The Lost Country, received accolades worldwide. Her second book, Museum, a collaboration with Paula Meehan, was published in July 2019 and is now in its 2nd edition. Her Own, published in December 2022, received outstanding reviews in El País, The Irish Times and RTE Culture. Dragana is currently working on her first feature-length documentary, The Last Balkan Cowboy (working title).

In episode 279, Dragana discusses, among other things:

• Her forthcoming debut documentary.
• How everything she’s done is an attempt at making sense of her experience during the Balkan war
• Her book YU: The Lost Country
• The influence of Rebecca West’s book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
• How she would measure the success of the new film
• Wanting to reach as large an audience as possible
• The imposter syndrome she felt as a first time film maker
• Being ‘ergonomic’ about the way she approaches making
• The story of her Aunt and her book Her Own

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