Ivana the Terrible

Ivana cea Groaznică

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Ivana, a Bucharest-based actress facing emotional distress, decides to spend summer holidays in her native town, situated in the opposite bank of the Danube. Already on the verge of a nervous breakdown, she is about to dive into troubled waters, when accepting an unexpected offer to become the central figure at a local festival. As her love life becomes the small community’s top-gossip, Ivana is driven way past her breaking point, experiencing estrangement and alienation in both sides of the borderline. A re-enactment of a real-life personal crisis suffered by director Ivana Mladenović, which contemplates on the disheartening gap between expectations and reality.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Ivana Mladenović
Script: Ivana Mladenović, Adrian Schiop
Cinematography: Carmen Tofeni
Editing: Patricia Chelaru, Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound: Alexandru Dumitru
Actors: Ivana Mladenović, Gordana Mladenović, Luka Gramic, Miodrag Mladenović, Kosta Mladenović, Zivka Sorejević, Andrei Dinescu, Anca Pop
Production: ΜicroFilm, Dunav 84
Producers: Ada Solomon, Ivana Mladenović
Costumes: Iulia Popescu
Sets: Radmila Simić, Rada Dronjak, Gordana Mladenović
Make Up: Iulia Popescu, Dejana Petrucić
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Romania, Serbia
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 89´
Contact: Syndicado Film Sales, admin@syndicado.com
Awards/Distinctions: Special Jury Prize (Filmmakers of the Present) – Locarno IFF 2019

Ivana Mladenović

Ivana Mladenović’s is a Serbian-born and Romanian-based director, whose feature debut Soldiers. Story from Ferentari premiered at the Toronto IFF, participated at the San Sebastián IFF official competition and received numerous prizes and honorary distinctions at festivals around the globe. Mladenović also won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary, for her doc Turn Off the Lights, which premiered at Tribeca IFF.

Filmography

2009 Afterparty (short)
2010 Skin (short)
2012 Lumea in patratele | Turn Off the Lights (doc)
2017 Soldatii. Poveste din Ferentar | Soldiers. Story from Ferentari
2019 Ivana cea Groaznică | Ivana the Terrible