IVANA CEA GROAZNICĂ / IVANA THE TERRIBLE

Ivana works as an actress in Romania, but after she is confronted with some health issues, decides to spend the summer in her Serbian hometown Kladovo, 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 eccentric musician 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.

Ivana Mladenović (1984) became known as director of short films and documentaries that were presented in festivals worldwide. Her feature debut Soldiers. Story from Ferentari premiered at the 2017 Toronto IFF and at the San Sebastian IFF Competition (Sebastiano Award Special) and has been awarded at many festivals. She also received The Heart of Sarajevo at Sarajevo Film Festival for Best Documentary for Turn Off the Lights, which premiered at the Tribeka IFF 2012.

Ivana the Terrible is one of those films that challenge viewers to make a choice: view only the film itself or also consider the process behind it
Stefan Dobroiu, Cineuropa