Karpo Godina (b. 1943, Skopje) is a renowned filmmaker, director of photography, and educator. The son of photographer Viktor Aćimović and actress Milena Godina, he spent his childhood in Skopje and adolescence in Maribor. He studied film, TV, and theatre direction at the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television, later teaching there. Godina worked as director of photography on the award-winning Early Works (1968), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. His career includes collaborations with directors such as Dušan Makavejev and Živojin Pavlović. The filmmaker directed three feature films, The Raft of the Medusa (1980), Red Boogie (1982), and Artificial Paradise (1990), and all were shown at major international festivals. Godina has won over 40 awards, including the Prešeren’s Award for Lifework (2006), the France Štiglic Award (2018), and the IRIS Award (2019). He was awarded Professor Emeritus at the University of Ljubljana (2011). In 2018, his work was featured in a retrospective at MoMA, New York. He has mentored 29 student short films, winning numerous national and international accolades. Godina is currently preparing his next feature film.