Petra Balekić (1989, Đakovo) graduated from Graphic Arts Department in 2013 as well as from Animation and New Media Department in 2017, both at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She is a member of HDLU Zagreb. She has had four solo exhibitions and took part at three short film and animation festivals. She got two awards at the Encounters Film Festival in Bristol in 2016 (DepicT! competition).