Andrej Aćin

Andrej Aćin is a Serbian director, screenwriter and composer from Belgrade, currently residing in Toronto, Canada. In the 1990s, he fronted the gothic rock band BAAL, with which he released one studio album. After BAAL disbanded in 1995, Aćin released the material intended to be released on the second BAAL album under the name Retro Deux. After cooperating with the French group Noir Désir in the late 1990s, he dedicated himself to film score composing and directing short and documentary films, receiving a number of awards for his work. He graduated from the film directing department of the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts.

Musical career BAAL Having composed ambiental music during the 1980s, Aćin founded the gothic rock band BAAL in 1989, as its keyboardist and lead vocalist, with bass guitarist Srđa Popović, guitarist Vojkan Petković, and drummer Vlada Marinković. The band released their debut album Između božanstva i ništavila (Between Divinity and Nothingness) in 1993. featured guest appearances by Mizar vocalist Goran Tanevski, on the track "Talas" ("The Wave"), Ekatarina Velika frontman Milan Mladenović, guitar on the title track, Van Gogh frontman Zvonimir Đukić, guitar on the track "Pad" ("The Fall"), and Ekatarina Velika drummer Marko Milivojević, on the track "Iščezavam" ("I Am Vanishing"). The opening instrumental, "Waiting 1", and the closing instrumental, "Waiting 2", were originally composed for Milan Konjević's short film Waiting (For Death).

In early 1998, Aćin collaborated with the French group Noir Désir, performing live with them, as well as participating on the remix album One Trip, One Noise with his mixes of the tracks "Fin de siecle (G.L.Y.O)" ("End of the Century (G.L.Y.O)") and "Septembre en attendent (un jour a Belgrade)" ("September Awaits (A Day in Belgrade)").

In 2011, he moved to Toronto, and in 2017 started the band Deuxa72. He directed two feature documentary films, My World Full of Lightness (2007) and Valter (2015), composing the music for the latter.

Other activities From 1992 until 1995, Aćin worked as the music editor at the Art television station. Between 2004 and 2005, he directed 88 episodes of the Serbian soap opera Jelena, and in 2006, co-directed the reality television show Transforma with Peđa Marković.

Aćin directed the theatre piece Pasija po telu (Passion by the Body), performed at the 2002 BITEF festival. He wrote music for the theater piece Silvija, directed by Milica Kralj at the Atelje 212 theatre.

In 2005, he acted in the movie Bye Bye Blackbird, directed by French director Robinson Savary.

Awards 1995 - Golden Mimosa for the Best Original Film Soundtrack at the Herceg Novi Film Festival for the Package Arrangement soundtrack. 1998 - Golden Arena at the Novi Sad Film Festival for the Buy Me and Elliot soundtrack. 2000 - Special Mention for the Artistic Creation and Quality at the Media Dance International Festival in Paris for North West Coast. 2001 - Gold Award of Belgrade at the 48th Yugoslav Festival of Short and Documentary Film in Belgrade for North-West Coast. 2001 - Second Prize at the Balkan Youth Festival in Thessaloniki for Shopping! 2002 - Golden Mimosa Composer of the Year Award at the Herceg Novi Film Festival for the Absolute 100 soundtrack. 2002 - Gold Award of Belgrade at the 49th Yugoslav Festival of Short and Documentary Film for The World Belongs to You.... 2003 - Special Golden Jury Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for The Margin. 2016 - Platinum Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for T.I.N.A..

Discography With BAAL Studio albums Između božanstva i ništavila (1992)

With Retro Deux EPs Artoodeeto (1996)

With Noir Désir Studio albums One Trip, One Noise (1998)

Solo works Studio albums Originalna muzika iz filma Apsolutnih sto (2001) T.T. Sindrom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2002)

Filmography Feature films

Short films

Television