Acting

Katina Ivanova

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

Known for

As If I Am Not There poster
6.5

A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.

As If I Am Not There

2010

The Falcon poster
5.0

Banović Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is hunting, a Turkish bandit, Alija, attacks his castle. The Turks kill his servants and kidnap his beloved Andja. When he discovers what has happened, Strahinja gathers a together a group of scoundrels and chases the bandits.

The Falcon

1983

Old Iron poster
NR

A young Roma girl named Fati finds out about her grandmother’s illness—anemia due to iron-deficiency. Disappointed because of her lack of money to buy the necessary medicine, she sees a notice in a discarded newspaper: ‘Ecological Action: wagons for old iron arrive in train station for recycling’. She comes up with a creative plan and goes to see Andrej, the local mafia boss who often visits Grandmother Fatima for fortunetelling. The superstitious boss orders his bodyguards to rob the train and deliver the iron to the old lady. Amazed by the ironic story, the police officers release Perhan and help to obtain the necessary medication for Fatima.

Old Iron

2017

Making Off poster
NR

An intriguing story about a girl with a lot of problems and three men trying to make a film.

Making Off

2018

Differently poster
NR

Lena is a young girl starting and ending her day alone, in empty apartment, walking on the empty streets, working in empty studio, living in empty town. On the same day of her marriage proposal, her boyfriend got hit by a bus and dies. The accident completely changes her life and reality. She lives in memory of her boyfriend and nothing else matters for her. During her everyday obligations she doesn’t notice anything around her.She is alone.

Differently

2009

Disconnected poster
NR

An unexpected meeting between a young man and an elderly woman intertwines their lives forever.

Disconnected

2018

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

As If I Am Not There poster
6.5

A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.

As If I Am Not There

2010

Old Iron poster
NR

A young Roma girl named Fati finds out about her grandmother’s illness—anemia due to iron-deficiency. Disappointed because of her lack of money to buy the necessary medicine, she sees a notice in a discarded newspaper: ‘Ecological Action: wagons for old iron arrive in train station for recycling’. She comes up with a creative plan and goes to see Andrej, the local mafia boss who often visits Grandmother Fatima for fortunetelling. The superstitious boss orders his bodyguards to rob the train and deliver the iron to the old lady. Amazed by the ironic story, the police officers release Perhan and help to obtain the necessary medication for Fatima.

Old Iron

2017

Making Off poster
NR

An intriguing story about a girl with a lot of problems and three men trying to make a film.

Making Off

2018

Disconnected poster
NR

An unexpected meeting between a young man and an elderly woman intertwines their lives forever.

Disconnected

2018

Willow poster
6.6

Three Macedonian women have to contend with control over their bodies, tradition, loyalty, pregnancy and adoption. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggle to become mothers makes them unlikely heroines. The three bittersweet stories, one medieval, two contemporary, mirror and contrast one another, exploring themes of love, trust and motherhood.

Willow

2019

True Love poster
NR

1939, right before the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Aleksandar Pingo, young, handsome lawyer from Veles, Macedonia, far on the south of the Balkans, lives his days as a bachelor.

True Love

2016

Straight to the Stars poster
NR

A documentary film dedicated to the Macedonian National Theater in Skopje. In 48 minutes, this documentary film will take us back to the time when the previous building of the MNT existed, destroyed in the earthquake, to its work, to the audience of that time and its culture of going to the theater. All this is captured through the testimonies of the greatest theatrical legends and old recordings that exist in the archives of the Republic of Macedonia, and which capture the spirit of the theater once upon a time.

Straight to the Stars

2017

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 4 titles