 He is nominated for UK BAFTA 2017 and received the Grand Prix Award 22nd International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece 2016 for the short film Mouth of Hell, IDFA Special Jury Award for Documentary The Fog of Srebrenica and the BAFTA SCOTLAND award for the short film "The Way We Played".Mehanović was born the youngest of five sons to a family of coal miners.His father survived a mine explosion but was unable to continue working at the mine.