Cyprus Film Days 2023|Aleph

Synopsis
Α travelogue of experience, a journey to find that place of connection, of clarity, of understanding across language, geography and experience. The thoughts, ideas and dreams of protagonists in ten countries spanning five continents are revealed through conversation, activity and contemplation. These collective stories serve as pieces of a puzzle that lead to what the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges called 'the unimaginable universe'.

Biography
Iva Radivojević was born in Belgrade and spent her early years in Yugoslavia and Cyprus. She is an artist and filmmaker who currently divides her time between the U.S. and Lesbos. Iva's films, two features and numerous shorts, have screened internationally at festivals and museums, including NYFF, New Directors/New Films, IFFR, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki Intl FF, Jeonju, ICA London, CPH:DOX, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, DocLisboa, Museum of Modern Art, NY. She is the recipient of the Sundance Art of Non-Fiction Fellowship, the Guggenheim Fellowship, NYFA Fellowship, and the Princess Grace Special Project Award and Film Fellowship. Signatures, or the Bass Line of a Freighter Ship, her chapbook of poems was recently published by Bottlecap Press. She is currently working on a film set in Serbia.

91', 2021 | USA, Croatia, Qatar

Directed by Iva Radivojević
Screenplay Iva Radivojević
Cinematography Jimmy Ferguson
Editing Iva Radivojević
Sound design Leandros Ntounis

Cast
Guillermina Pico, Bouamama BenFarah, Žarko Laušević, The Sisters of St George Monastery, Irina Giri, Desire Marea

Narrator Anne Waldman
ProducersMadeleine Molyneaux, Iva Radivojević, Vilka Alfier
Production companies Ivaasks Films, Picture Palace Pictures

Filmography
2021 Aleph
2014 Evaporating Borders

Tickets: €5