Ivana Mladenović is a Romanian-based filmmaker originally from Kladovo, Serbia. She graduated in Film Directing from Bucharest’s National University of Theatre and Film. Ivana’s debut documentary, "Turn Off the Lights" (2012), premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, while her debut fiction feature, "Soldiers. Story from Ferentari" (2017), debuted in Toronto and won the Sebastiane Award in San Sebastian. Her second feature, "Ivana the Terrible" (2019), earned the Special Jury Prize in Locarno. Ivana’s films have been featured at festivals worldwide, including Busan, Copenhagen, and Zagreb. She is currently working on her third feature "Sorella di Clausura".
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Selected filmography
- Writer & DirectorIVANA THE TERRIBLEFiction featureRomania, Serbia2019Festivals: Locarno Film Festival - Concorso Cineasti del presente - Special Jury Prize, Sarajevo Film Festival - In Focus, Reykjavík International Film Festival (NEW VISIONS main competition section), Busan IFF (World Cinema), Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Balkan Survey), Minsk IFF Listapad (Youth on the March Competition), Seville European Film Festival (New Waves Competition), Zagreb Film Festival (Best Film), Cineuropa Film Festival, AFI FEST, Un week-end à l’Est, Kustendorf, Tromsø International Film Festival, Premiers Plans Film Festival, Trieste Film Festival (International Feature Film Competition), Göteborg Film Festival, Berlin Critics' Week, FEST Belgrade Best film (FEST Focus), Cinema of Peace Tunisia, CPH:DOX, Vilnius International Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Crossing Europe, Days of European Film Czech Republic, DA FILM FESTIVAL BARCELONA, goEast, Oslo Pix, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Brussels Film Festival, Transilvania International Film Festival – Romanian Days (Special Mention), Odesa International Film Festival, Black Canvas Festival Mexico, UNDERDOX Germany, Arte Kino Festival (the European online Film Festival of ARTE)
- Writer & DirectorSOLDIERS. STORY FROM FERENTARIFiction featureRomania, Serbia, Belgium2017Festivals: Toronto IFF, San Sebastian IFF - Premios Sebastiane Special Jury Mention, Prix Decouverte at Namur IFF (Compétition Première œuvre de fiction), Special Jury Prize at CinEast - the Central and Eastern European Film Festival (Competition), Special Jury Mention at CPH:PIX, Best Director at Belgrade Auteur Film Festival, Best feature film at Zinegoak Bilbao, Reykjavik International Film Festival (Competition), Film Festival Hamburg (Sichtwechsel Competition), BUSAN International Film Festival (Flash Forward), Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Baltic Survey), Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires, Tromso International Film Festival (Competition), Goteborg Film Festival, Cineuropa Prize at Alpe Adria Trieste Film Festival (Competition) - Cineuropa Prize, Rotterdam International Film Festival (Bright Future section), Istanbul Film Festival (International Competition), Best Debut Feature at TIFF Cluj (Romanian Film Days), Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, EU Film Festival – Armenia, Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz, Sofia Pride Film Festival, Febiofest - Prague International Film Festival, Stereolux in Nantes, La Rochelle International Film Festival, Rumänisches Filmfestival München, Rumänische Filmwoche Zeughauskino, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Romanian Film Week – Budapest, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, MIA Market (ex Business Street Rome), Vilnius International Film Festival, Europa Nuevas Tendencias in Guadalajara, Tromsö International Film Festival, Oslo Pix, Queer Porto - International Queer Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Art Film Festival in Bratislava, Cape Town International Film Market and Festival, BUSAN International Film Festival, Zinegoak International Film Festival, Barcelona D'A Film Festival, International LGBT Film Festival CINHOMO, Pink Apple Film Festival Zürich, MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Brussels International Film Festival
- Writer & DirectorTURN OFF THE LIGHTSDocumentary featureRomania2012Festivals: Tribeca IFF, Jihlava IFF, Sarajevo IFF - Best Documentary, ZagrebDox, Transylvania IFF