Soldiers. Story from Ferentari

Soldații. Poveste din Ferentari

58th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Adi, a shy and introverted 40-year-old anthropologist who recently got dumped by his girlfriend, moves to Ferentari, the most notorious outcast neighbourhood in Bucharest. He plans to write a study on manele music, the pop music of the Roma community, and while researching his subject he meets Alberto, an ex-convict who promises to help him. Little by little their casual affair grows into a modern Romeo and Juliet love story, in an unprecedented setting.

Screening Schedule

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Direction: Ivana Mladenović
Script: Adrian Schiop, Ivana Mladenović
Cinematography: Luchian Ciobanu
Editing: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound: Yves Bemelmans, Marc Alberisio, Valentin Mazingarbe, Aurelien Lebourg
Actors: Adrian Schiop, Vasile Pavel-Digudai
Production: Hi Film Productions, Film House Bas Celik, Frakas Productions
Producers: Ada Solomon, Jelena Mitrović, Cassandre Warnauts, Jean Yves Roubin
Art Direction: Adrian Cristea
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Romania, Serbia, Belgium
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 119΄
Contact: Beta Cinema
Awards/Distinctions: CPH PIX 2017 - New Talent Grand PIX - Honorable Mention

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