Age limit: N-13. 7-12 years old children must be accompanied by an adult.
Genre: Drama, Main competition
Year of release: 2024
Duration: 73 min.
Film language: Serbian
Subtitle language: Lithuanian
The phone rings eleven times in the film. Phone conversations bring back memories, episodes always end with a departure. One such call in 1992. dedicated to eleven-year-old Lana - the director's alter ego. It informs the girl about the death of her grandmother and the beginning of a bloody war with the collapse of Yugoslavia. In an instant, Lana's country is wiped off the map along with the girl's identity and history. Traces of the past remain only in literature, cinema and until 1995. in the memories of the generation that was born. The film, which received a special mention in Locarno, is based on the director's personal experiences, when in 1990 she left her native Yugoslavia.
The telephone rings eleven times in the film. Each time, the phone conversations bring back memories, and each episode ends with a departure. One of these calls in 1992 was made to eleven-year-old Lana, the director's alter ego. It informs the girl of the death of her grandmother and the beginning of the bloody war as Yugoslavia collapses. Lana's country is instantly wiped off the map, along with the girl's identity and history. Traces of the past remain only in literature, cinema and the memories of the generation born before 1995. The film, which received a special mention in Locarno, is based on the director's personal experiences when she left her native Yugoslavia in 1990.
Artist and filmmaker, born in Belgrade, currently lives in New York. Her films have been presented at important film and media art festivals, Radivojevič has received a Guggenheim and Sundance Art grant for non-fictional cinema.
Born in Belgrade, she is an artist and filmmaker currently based in New York. Her films have been presented at major film and media art festivals, and Radivojević has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Sundance Art Fellowship for non-fiction filmmaking.
Director: Iva Radivojević
Author of the script / Screenplay: Iva Radivojević
Cinematography: Martin DiCicco
Composer: Iva Radivojević
Producers: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur, Marija Stojnić, Madeleine Molyneaux
Starring / Cast: Natalija Ilinčić, Srna Vasić, Vasilije Zečević
Festivals: Locarno International Film Festival - Cineasti del presente competition program
Locarno International Film Festival - Cineasti del presente Competition Programme
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