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When the Phone Rang

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When the Phone Rang / Када је зазвонио телефон

2024 | English, Serbian | Serbia, USA

Director's bio

Iva Radivojević

Iva Radivojevic was born in Belgrade and spent her early years in Yugoslavia, Cyprus and eventually NYC. She is an artist and filmmaker who currently divides her time be- tween Athens and Lesbos. Iva's films have screened at the New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, Rotterdam IFF, CPH:DOX, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festi- val, DocLisboa, Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art and were commissioned by ARTE La Lucarne and Field of Vision. She is the recipi- ent of the Sundance Art of Non-Fiction Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Jerome Fellowship, NYFA Fellowship, Princess Grace Special Project Award and Film Fellow- ship. Avenue of The Living, her new art book was recently published by Big Black Mountain Press. She’s a PhD candidate at Villa Arson in Nice.

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Synopsis

This story centers around a phone call that was received one Friday in the spring of 1992. The main protagonist is an eleven year old girl. Being the only person at home, she is the one to answer the phone. The call arrives from another state delivering news of a death. It is this call that seemingly disintegrates the country and the girl’s entire re- ality. The war that will ravage the country has already started but the war is not the center of this story, only its backdrop. This call, which brought news of her grandfa- ther’s death, remains as the most vivid memory in the girl’s mind decades later, as a constant presence.

Details of Cast

Natalija Ilincic as Lana Anton Augustinov as Jova Slavica Bajceta as Narrator Danica Maksimovic as Mirjana Dunja Vladisavljevic as Olja Mila Drobnjak as Andrijiana Vasilije Zecevic as Vlada Srna Vasic as Vanja Ivana Pancic as Secretary Ibro Sakic as Sinisa Ognjen Petkovic as Popovic Tamara Babun as Slovenian voice Vera Curcic as Duska Nemanja Sucur as Father Marija Stojnic as Mother Sarita Matijevic as Woman 2 Snezana Orlovic as Woman 3 Goran as Hairdresser

Details of Crew

Music: Iva Radivojevic Cinematography: Martin Dicicco Editing: Iva Radivojevic

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