Ivana Mladenović: Autofiction

In collaboration with Restart we present the masterclass by director Ivana Mladenović. In a conversation with the moderator Jelena Pašić, she will share how her directorial voice has taken shape, from her first documentary to her most recent works. The last three films, inspired by autobiographical books, manuscripts, and personal stories, explore the shift from reality into fiction. She discusses working with non-professional actors who often play themselves, giving voice to marginalized people, and blending fiction and reality in her cinematic practice. This year, as part of the Together Again program, ZFF’s audience will also have the chance to see her latest film — the uproarious sociosexual satire Sorella di Clausura, which premiered in Locarno and won the Best Director Award in Sarajevo.

In anticipation of the masterclass, on Friday, 7 November there will be a screening of the director’s 2019 film Ivana the Terrible at Dokukino KIC.

language: Croatian | open to the public

Ivana Mladenović

Ivana Mladenović (Serbia, 1984) is a Serbian-Romanian filmmaker who works across documentary, fiction, and hybrid cinema. Her documentary Turn Off the Lights (2012) premiered at Tribeca and won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary. Her debut feature film, Soldiers: Story from Ferentari (2017), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. With Ivana the Terrible (2019), she received the Cine+ Jury Prize in Locarno and later the Golden Pram at ZFF. Her latest film, Sorella di Clausura, earned her the Best Director Award in Sarajevo.

Moderator

Jelena Pašić

Jelena Pašić graduated in art history and ethnology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. Her area of interest lies in film, photography, and related media. She has collaborated with film festivals for over a decade (Zagreb Film Festival, ZagrebDox). She is a member of the Croatian Society of Film Critics, as well as of the Art Cinema Arsen programming council (Šibenik). She has been a longtime executive editor of the Vizkultura portal. Since this year, she has been the selector of the Croatian Film Association Short Tuesday program.