Variables | February 2021 Featured Film

Written and Directed by Sabina Vajraca

In the middle of the Bosnian War, a teenage math-wiz is given a way out of the bloodshed when his math club gets an invitation to compete at the 1995 International Math Olympiad in Canada. Inspired by true events.

Born in Bosnia, Sabina immigrated to the U.S. as a war refugee and started her directing career in NYC theatre. Her first film, the critically-acclaimed feature documentary BACK TO BOSNIA, premiered at the 2005 AFI Fest, screened at over 30 festivals worldwide, winning Director’s Choice at the 2006 Crossroads Film Festival, and is featured in the top 100 of the greatest films directed by women by BBC. It is available on Amazon Prime.

Most recently she co-directed a USC/Warner Bros. feature drama VOODOO MACBETH, and wrote/directed short drama VARIABLES, which won the DGA SFA Grand Prize and Alfred P. Sloan grant, and was nominated for the Student Oscars, Student BAFTA, and the HUMANITAS Prize.

Sabina is a member of Film Fatales, and an alumna of the Ryan Murphy Half Directing Mentorship, the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, and the Stowe Story Labs, where she was awarded the Tangerine Entertainment Fellowship. She is next attached to direct her original feature, FOR BURAZ, with Prominent Productions producing. She holds an M.F.A. from USC School of Cinematic Arts and is repped by Industry Entertainment. sabinavajraca.com