Mara Prpić is a film producer, director, and visual artist from Rijeka, Croatia. She graduated with honours in Film Directing and Audiovisual Language from the University of Bologna (2020), focusing on social issues in her work.

Upon returning to Rijeka, she joined the production team of Urbani Separe, an association dedicated to community development and improving urban life quality, alongside which she gained extensive experience in the audiovisual and film industry. In 2021, she founded her own production company, 1.618 FILMS, where she explores audiovisual media through experimental film, documentary film, music videos, VJ-ing, and 3D design.

"In their approach to the documentary material that drives the performance through alternating testimonies of the performers, Igralke once again demonstrated the necessary seriousness, caution, and empathy required to grant dignity and strength to the marginalised group they work with—an essential trait of any successful artistic work within and with a community. At the same time, the confident and natural performances of the participants, who took the stage as non-professional actors, revealed how they were successfully equipped with acting tools throughout the creative process. (…) Precisely because of the community it has built, as well as its activist message, Black Wool is an outstanding example of theatre that 'spills beyond the stage'.”
Nika Krajnović: Kazalište kao ogledalo društva (Theatre as a Mirror of Society), Kulturpunkt.hr

VIDEO, Moja Rijeka: Premijera “Crne vune” Kolektiva Igralke (The Premiere of Black Wool by Kolektiv Igralke)

"The premiere of the film Black Wool in packed Palach elicited emotional reactions from the audience, highlighting the significance of both the play and the film, but most importantly, the growing issue of homelessness—an issue that is not even talked about, let alone addressed by those in power. Although Mara Prpić, the documentary’s author, initially set out to showcase the behind-the-scenes process of the play, the final result achieved much more. She captured the harsh reality of a society in which marginalised groups, in this case, homeless individuals, despite their efforts and goodwill, largely remain invisible."br> Marta Sirotich: Igralke predstavile film Crna vuna, (Igralke Present the film Black Wool), Artkvart