Locarno Program with Stefan Ivančić
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[August 2, 2022] This year, the Locarno Film Festival is celebrating its 75th anniversary from August 3 - 13th in the beautiful Swiss Canton of Ticino. It’s a festival that is known for supporting independent, arthouse and avant-garde cinema, often showcasing daring films that break and blur the boundaries between cinematic genres.
In this episode, we welcome Stefan Ivančić. Stefan is a programmer of the Locarno Film Festival and together we discuss some of the non-fiction films that will be on display.
DOCS IN ORBIT x LOCARNO WATCH LIST:
CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE (International Competition, primarily world premieres competing for the prestigious Pardo d’oro.)
Balıqlara xütbə (Sermon to the Fish) by Hilal Baydarov - Azerbaijan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey · 2022 · 89'.
Matter Out of Place by Nikolaus Geyrhalter - Austria · 2022 · 100'
Skazka (Fairytale) by Aleksandr Sokurov - Belgium, Russia · 2022 · 78'
CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE (Filmmakers of the Present - Selection of first or second feature films directed by emerging global talents)
É Noite na América (It Is Night in America) by Ana Vaz - Italy, France, Brazil · 2022 · 66'
Fragments From Heaven by Adnane Baraka - Morocco, France · 2022 · 84'
Safe Place by Juraj Lerotić - Croatia - 2022 - 102’
ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan - Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Philippines, 2022, 83’
FUORI CONCORSO (Non Competitive Section)
Onde Fica Esta Rua? ou Sem Antes Nem Depois (Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After) by João Pedro Rodrigues João Rui Guerra da Mata - Portugal, France · 2022 · 87'
Nuit obscure - Feuillets sauvages (Obscure night - Wild leaves (The burning ones, the obstinate) by Sylvian George - France, Switzerland · 2022 · 265'
ADDITIONAL FILMS
Heart of a Dog by Laurie Anderson - USA, France, 2015, 77’ (Histories du Cinéma / Tribuite to Cinema Section)
Prologos by Mantas Kvedaravičius - Lithuania, Greece · 2021 · 89' (FUORI CONCORSO, Out of Competition Section)
Pisklaki (Fledglings) by Lidia Duda, Poland, 2022, 83’ (Semaine de la Critique / Critic’s Section)
Hardly Working by Total Refusal - Austria, 2022, 20’ (Pardi di domani: Concorso internazionale - Short and Medium Length International competition)
Stefan Ivancic, Programmer at Locarno Film Festival
He lived in Barcelona, Spain, from 1991 to 2009, where he finished his studies of Mechanical Engineering. He graduated in Film Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, in 2013. His short films have been selected in many international festivals such as Cannes, Rotterdam, FIDMarseille, San Sebastián, Visions du Réel and Turin, among others. Stefan is the producer of the feature film The Load (2018) by Ognjen Glavonic, premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, and a co-producer of You Have the Night (2018) by Ivan Salatić, premiered at the International Critic’s Week of the Venice Film Festival. He was a member of the selection committee of Pardi di domani at the Locarno Film Festival from 2017 to 2020 and has been working as a delegate for Eastern Europe for the International Film Festival Rotterdam since 2018. He is a member of the programming team of the Belgrade Auteur Film Festival. Right after finishing his film studies, Stefan started teaching at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he currently holds a position of assistant professor. He is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA). He lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia.