Aida Begić graduated in directing at the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo. Her graduation film FIRST DEATH EXPERIENCE was presented at the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival. Her debut feature Snow premiered at Cannes, Semaine de la Critique, where it won the Grand Prix. Snow was nominated for the European Academy Film Award, Discovery Section. Her second feature film CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO premiered at Un Certain Regard, Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Distinction of the Jury. She wrote and directed the short film ALBUM as part of the omnibus Bridges of Sarajevo that had its world premiere as Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Her feature film NEVER LEAVE ME has been screened and awarded at many festivals around the world. In 2022, she finished her fourth feature, A BALLAD, which premiered in the Competition Program of the Sarajevo Film Festival. All four of her feature films were Bosnian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Aida Begić is a professor at The Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo and a member of AMPAS, EFA, SACD, and UFRBiH.