Irena Škorić graduated in Film and TV Directing from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. A Rector’s Prize winner, she participated at numerous local and international film festivals, garnering 50 awards. She directed over 30 films. Her Departure (2008) is one of the Croatian films that won most awards. The documentary film Destiny of Line 13 (2013) won the Audience Award at ZagrebDox 2010. Her short fiction film 9 March (2010) was the best Croatian short fiction film at the Pula Film Festival judging by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean. She wrote and directed the feature narrative 7seX7 (2011). Her documentary Dear Lastan (2014) was screened at 2014 ZagrebDox and won the Audience Award. She is the artistic director of the event Croatian Film and New Media.