Jakov Poposki (b. 1988, Struga) is an award-winning screenwriter and founder of the Drim Short Film Festival. With a background in electrical engineering, he later pursued his passion for film, in Screenwriting at the Ohrid Film Academy and Film and TV Screenwriting at the FDA in Skopje. His films have screened internationally, including Only Devil Hates Water (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Porto, Nikšić) and A Ton of Ice-Cream ( Best Short Film at First Frame, Zvornik, and Best Pitch at Sarajevo Film Festival). Several of his short scripts are now in production including It’s Quiet Now (dir. Flaka Kokoli), Certificate of Life (dir. Sandra Gjorgieva), It Could Happen to Anyone (dir. Lidija Mojsovska), Float (dir. Jakov Poposki, Rade Gogoski), Silent, White (dir. Lidija Mojsovska), Purgatory (dir. Jakov Poposki). His first feature project Russia of the Mind, developed together with Pierre Hodgson and Florian Hoffmeister is in pre-production.
