Female filmmakers from Serbia at Trieste Film Festival

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 26 NOV - Serbian female directors will be spotlighted in the "Wild Roses" section of the Trieste Film Festival, scheduled for January 16-24, 2025. Director Stefan Ivančić will curate this section, aimed at promoting new female perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe, specifically contemporary Serbia. The program will showcase 11 diverse works from a variety of female directors.
    "Serbian women's cinema returns to recount the story of the 1990s. Both those living in Serbia and diaspora directors are attempting to come to terms with that period, reflecting on key events to interpret the present and the collective trauma of the country," states Nicoletta Romeo, the festival's artistic director.
    Among the featured directors is Iva Radivojević, whose film When the Phone Rang received a special mention at the recent Locarno Film Festival. Emilija Gašić will also present her latest work, 78 Days, which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival and has already garnered several awards at European festivals. Other notable directors include Milica Tomović with her debut film Celts, Ivana Mladenović with Ivana the Terrible, and Marta Popivoda with Landscapes of Resistance.
    The section will also feature two documentaries: The Other Side of Everything by Mila Turajlić and Homelands by Jelena Maksimović. Additionally, four short films by emerging talents will be showcased: Shoulders by Tara Gajović, Nobody Here by Jelena Gavrilović, The City by Maša Šarović, and Pink by Tamara Todorović.
    The festival has also revealed its poster, designed by Polish photographer, reporter, and documentarian Monika Bulaj. The image, taken in the Caucasus during a wedding celebration preparation, symbolizes the new energy that connects people through electric wires, representing an energy that unites individuals and transcends geographical and cultural barriers.
    (ANSA).