March 23 — April 2

IVANA THE TERRIBLE

Ivana Mladenović

Romania, Serbia 85 min Catalan premiere Fiction
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Synopsis

Ivana invites friends, family and former lovers to play themselves and their emotions in a scripted version of the story of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. On the Danube border, drama becomes a comedy.

Themes

Female Director

Filmmaker

Ivana Mladenovic

(Serbia, 1984) She studied at the National School of Film and Theatre, Bucharest. She has directed the short films Milky Way, Pizza Love and Afterparty, and the documentary Turn Off The Lights. In 2013 she receives a scriptwriting residency in the frame of Nipkow Programme, where she wrote her first fiction feature film, Soldatii. Poveste din Ferentari, that has been awarded at Copenhague and Trieste.

Filmography: Soldatii. Poveste din Ferentari (2017), The Soldiers (2016), Turn Off The Lights (2012), Afterparty (curt, 2009), Pizza Love (curt, 2008), Milky Way (curt, 2007)

Ivana Mladenovic

Film information

Original Title: Ivana cea Groaznică
Director: Ivana Mladenović
Script: Ivana Mladenović, Adrian Schiop
Contact: Syndicado Film Sales
With: Ivana Mladenović, Luka Gramić, Gordana Mladenović, Miodrag Mladenović, Kosta Mladenović, Zivka Sorejević, Andrei Dinescu, Anca Pop
Country: Romania, Serbia
Year: 2019
Format: Digital
Length: 85 min
Language: Romanian, Serbian
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan
Edition: 2020

Awards

Special Jury Award of Cineasti del presente section at Locarno

Poster

IVANA THE TERRIBLE

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