For over 25 years, Jovan Marjanović has been engaged with the Sarajevo Film Festival, as one of the founders and leading figures of the professional CineLink platform. Since 2022, he has served as the Festival Director.

Marjanović has also served as an advisor and jury member at several international film festivals and institutes (including the Doha Film Institute, Torino Film Lab, Sam Spiegel FilmLab Jerusalem, and Visions du Réel in Switzerland). He earned a Master's degree in Management with a specialization in the film industry from Cass Business School, City University of London (2008). He is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s representative on the Board of Management of Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s fund for the support of European cinematographic co-productions.

In 2019, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab awarded him the "Almost 40 Award" for his contribution to global cinema - a recognition given to bold, inspiring, and innovative individuals who have achieved excellence in the fields of film education, financing, production, and promotion.

He is the head of department and associate professor in the Department of Production and Management at the Academy of Performing Arts, University of Sarajevo.

He has produced and co-produced a number of award-winning short, documentary, and feature films, including 1395 Days Without Red (2010), Bridges of Sarajevo (2014), It Must Be Heaven (2019), The Happiest Man in the World (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Club Zero (2023), Meeting with Pol Pot (2024), After the Summer (2024).