- Living Among the Dead
- Soul Storm
- Red Star Divided
- People’s College of Law
- Sunday gallery
- Zero Zero
- About
Ada Rajković is a Belgrade- and San Francisco-based filmmaker working across documentary and experimental cinema. Her practice combines ethnographic research, archival investigation, and formally inventive approaches to storytelling, often engaging with themes of memory, counter histories, and cultural erasure.
She holds a BFA in Photo and Media from CalArts and an MA in Ethnographic Documentary from University College London. Her films have screened internationally and received recognition at European festivals, including the New Balkan Film Festival in Stockholm, where Living Among the Dead won Best Visualisation. Her experimental short Soul Storm was selected for Labocine’s 2026 Science New Wave Archives program.
In parallel with her filmmaking practice, Rajković has founded and led artist-run initiatives and curated large-scale public programs, collaborating with emerging and established artists whose work has since gained international visibility. Her projects and exhibitions have been featured in outlets including CNN, Dazed, Flaunt, Hyperallergic, and Vice.
Ada is currently developing her first feature-length documentary, continuing her commitment to research-driven, visually experimental and socially engaged nonfiction cinema.
University College London
Master of Arts, 2025
Ethnographic Documentary
People’s College of Law
Juris Doctorate, 2022
California Institute of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2013
Photo and Media
Experience
International School of Visual Anthropology
Belgrade, Serbia, 2025
Program educator to socially engaged anthropologists, filmmakers, and activists, on the theme of post-socialist Serbia
Empire Files
San Francisco, CA, 2020-current
Video editor and social media manager for investigative documentary web series
People’s College of Law
Los Angeles, CA, 2018-2020
Admissions Coordinator and Creative Director
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
San Francisco, CA, 2020
Mental Health Unit Social Worker
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
New York, NY, 2019
Researcher and Writer
Sunday Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2013-2016
Co-founder and director of DIY gallery and community space
Anat Egbi Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Gallerist
Selected Curation
Zero Zero
Annka Kultys Gallery
London, UK, 2017
What A Time To Be Alive
Slow Culture Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Hot in Here
Sunday Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, 2016
S P I R I T featuring Albert Samreth
Sunday Los Angeles, 2015
Los Angeles, CA
Furniture Show featuring Yung Jake
Sunday Los Angeles, 2014
Los Angeles, CA
Film Festivals
Balkan New Film Festival - DOC:SHORT selection Stockholm 2025
International Festival of Ethnographic Films, 2025
Skopje, Macedonia
VIZANTROP Visual Anthropology Festival, 2025
Belgrade, Serbia
Events and Workshops
Flame IN Documentary Lab, 2025
Grožnjan, Croatia
Remembering the Future
Women’s Center for Creative Work, 2017
A panel on building sustainable creative ecosystems
Los Angeles, CA
Art is Labor
Knockdown Center, 2017
Art workers market and conference
Queens, NY
Lecture on Artist-run Spaces
Carnegie Melon University, 2016
Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Artist and Photography Workshop
Mattress Factory, 2016
Pittsburgh, PA
Awards
Best Visualisation - Balkan New Film Festival, 2025
Residencies
Children’s Museum Pittsburgh
Artist in Residence, 2017
Bunker Gallery of Pittsburgh
Artist in Residence, 2016