Croatia/ 2022/7’5“
DIRECTED BY: Mladen Ivanović
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ivan Čojbašić
EDITED BY: Mladen Ivanović
AUDIO MIX AND SOUND DESIGN: Mirko Đurović
MENTOR: Igor Bezinović
PRODUCED BY: ADU, Zagreba
Nikola (33) enumerates all his ancestors, from the beginning of his lineage to himself, in a period of 250 years. Along with each ancestor, he talks about which war he fought gloriously in, which medal he won and where he left his bones. In contrast to the audio narrative, it is opposed by a visual narrative that reveals an abandoned and contemplative cemetery in the city center. Nikola’s plan is to continue war tradition in, today, other people’s territories.
Mladen Ivanović completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje. Heenrolled in the Master’s studies at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, majoring in Documentary Film in the class of Professor Goran Dević.
The debut “In Between” in December 2015 was the winning debut film at the BaNFF (Balkan New Film Festival) held in Stockholm, Sweeden.
He is currently working on a feature-length documentary “Rear-Admiral”
about Krsto Djurovic, who died under vague circumstances, in the Yugoslav war because he
refused to shell Dubrovnik. He received support from the Film Center of Montenegro and the Croatian Audio Visual Center, together with Artikulacija Production and Restart co-production from Zagreb. At the last DOKSrbija he won the award as the best project in development. He is in the post-production phase of a film with the working title “Petrova
Gora” about one of the most important modernist monuments in the former
Yugoslavia, which is the work of Vojin Bakić. The film is being produced by the Academy
of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb.