Aida Begić (born 9 May 1976) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.
She graduated in Film and Theater Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2000.
[2][3] Aida Begić is an assistant professor in directing (Prof. Haris Pašović) at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo.
Her feature debut, Snow, won the 2008 Grand Prix at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and in 2012, she returned to the festival with Children of Sarajevo emerging winner of a Special Distinction in Un Certain Regard.
She also shot segments of the portmanteau films Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2010) and Bridges of Sarajevo (2014), the latter of which premiered in Cannes as a Special Screening.