https://www.dariastilin.com/about daily 0.75 2026-04-27 https://www.dariastilin.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-04-27 https://www.dariastilin.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2024-03-16 https://www.dariastilin.com/home daily 1.0 2026-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/1630699497642-DKZH3ZZ6UR67OUFHWHBJ/CANVAS+CITY.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/1630701433748-G0CR8M7JFMXNGB1HH52C/PALMA+DE+VARBOSKA.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/1630702551235-LC993Z78CQNNQLE0GKUO/CODFISH.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/1630703094347-J8VQ31RINQJ1PFGFLS91/TOAST.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/0ea36604-b419-49e3-9ff7-e396ce093009/unnamed-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/6bef9629-13b8-4b72-8550-977a9edbe095/VHS+CLUB_Daria+Stilin_moodboard-3.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/1647979056091-GTB4Z7U4VJRWYZOFOO5H/Daria+Stilin.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6131fdb59d54d407d287c4a5/1630707635674-NBMD2UHZAUVN8AIGXFKJ/Typewriter.png Home Daria Stilin is a screenwriter, series creator, director, and festival founder based in Zagreb, Croatia. Her work spans film and television, international talent development, industry partnerships, and cultural leadership. She founded and directs Vrboska Film Festival on the island of Hvar, where she also established its Writers’ Lab, bringing writers and international mentors together to develop new projects. As Program & Partnerships Manager (Europe) at Stowe Story Labs, she works on European programmes and partnerships and helped establish its Croatia Writers’ Retreat in collaboration with the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. Writing in English and Croatian, Daria is the creator, head writer, and executive producer of Suspicious Circumstances, a crime drama series in development with Antitalent and Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions. She is also developing a new series with Gaumont Germany. Her television writing credits include Gora (The Highlands) for HRT and Kumovi (The Godfathers) for Nova TV. She has written and directed two short fiction films, Toast and Codfish. Her feature project Tied Up (Projekt Palma) won the Script Your Hit competition at Pula Film Festival, and she is a two-time winner of NEM Zagreb’s screenwriting competition. Her projects have received development support from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, as well as industry recognition, including the Beta Film Co-Development Award. Her wider film experience includes work as a first assistant director, script supervisor, actress, and film critic. Daria represents the Croatian Screenwriters’ Guild at the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe and serves on the Croatian Audiovisual Centre’s Audiovisual Council and the City of Zagreb’s council for audiovisual and film activities. She holds master’s degrees in Business Economics and Film Dramaturgy. Her international professional development includes European Showrunner Training (ifs Köln), TorinoFilmLab, Talents Sarajevo, CineLink Drama, CNC Going European, Canneseries Writers’ Club, and European Writers' Desk. She is represented by Nick Fenwick at Curtis Brown in London.