
18/1 | 13:30 | Ivana the Terrible
Synopsis
Ivana works as an actress in Romania, but after she is confronted with some health issues, decides to spend the summer in her small Serbian hometown by the Danube, surrounded by family. She is asked by the mayor to be the image of the local music festival and she reluctantly accepts it. But after her eccentricmusician friends arrive from Bucharest and her love life involving a much younger local boy becomes the town’s gossip, Ivana is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Original protagonists, friends and family were invited to re-live the emotions and play themselves as fictional characters on camera in a story about a woman who cannot find her place on either sides of the Danube.
Director
Ivana Mladenović
Screenplay
Ivana Mladenović
Adrian Schiop
Director of Photography
Carmen Tofeni
Film Editing
Patricia Chelaru
Catalin Cristutiu
Producer
Ada Solomon
Ivana Mladenović
Production Company
microFILM
Dunav84
Cast
Andrei Dinescu
Ivana Mladenović
Živka Sorejević
Duration
86’

Ivana Mladenović became known as director of fiction short films and documentaries that were presented in festivals worldwide. Her first feature, Soldiers. Story from Ferentari (2017), premiered in Toronto IFF in 2017 and San Sebastian IFF Competition (Special Mention Sebastiano Award) and was awarded Prix Decouverte at Namur FFF, Cineuropa Prize at Trieste IFF, Special Mention New Talent Grand Pix at CHP PIX, Best Debut at Transylvania IFF. The film was also selected for Tromso IFF, Istanbul IFF, Hamburg IFF etc. Also, she received The Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary for Turn Off the Lights (2012), which premiered at Tribeca IFF 2012.