Barbara Tolevska

Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1980, Barbara obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management at the Academy of Arts Braca Karic in the Alfa University, Belgrade, graduating as a Valedictorian in 2006. Her professional education included Film Production Master Class in Cannes (2007), Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin (2003, 2005, 2006), Documentary Film Workshop Ateliers Varan in Paris. She worked as a Producer at Drama department, National Theater in Belgrade from 2008 to 2014. She has over 10 years of international professional film/TV/theatre production experience in various roles. Barbara successfully chaired and served as a board director of two NPO: The Serbian Language Society in Edmonton 2015-2016 and the Association of friends of Algeria in Serbia (AFA), 2013 – 2015.

She is the author of the scientific research on contemporary theatre tendencies literature in English and Serbian language: “Balkan New Wave Theatre Group” (a.k.a. “Pozorisna trupa Balkan Novi Pokret"), published by Kiz Altera, Belgrade in 2008.

In July 2016 Barbara has been appointed to the position of the Assistant Director of Advancement, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada.