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Iva Radivojević was born in Belgrade and spent her early years in Yugoslavia, Cyprus and NYC. She is an artist and filmmaker 
who currently divides her time between Athens and Lesbos. Her work presents itself as a collection of fragments 
{observations, poetry, images, sounds, melodies, languages}  which collage together to connect into a ruminating whole. 
The work circles around dislocation, migration and belonging, seeking to connect to the metaphysical or the magical. 

Iva's films have screened at the New York Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, Rotterdam IFF, CPH:DOX, 
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, DocLisboa, Museum of Modern Art (NYC), and were commissioned by ARTE La Lucarne 
and Field of Vision.  She is the recipient of the Sundance Art of Non-Fiction Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, 
NYFA Fellowship, Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Princess Grace Special Project Award and Film Fellowship.

When not working on her own films, Iva enjoys collaborating through writing and editing. A film she edited MA premiered 
at the Venice Film Festival,  All That Passes By Through A Window That Doesn’t Open, a film she co-wrote and edited, 
won the Regard Neuf Award at Visions Du Reel in 2017 and A Machine To Live In premiered at True False in 2020, 
and most recently King Coal premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2023 - a NYT Critics Pick.

Signatures, or the Bass Line of a Freighter Ship, her chapbook of poems was published by Bottlecap Press.  
Iva’s three channel installation Enter The Aleph was commissioned and installed at the Thessaloniki Biennale of 
Contemporary Art in 2023.  Her first art book, Avenue of The Living, is published by Big Black Mountain press in Athens, Greece. 
She’s a PhD candidate at Villa Arson in Nice, France. Her new film When The Phone Rang received the Special Mention Award at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.

Education

Awards

Residencies

Festivals

• Locarno Film Festival - When The Phone Rang (08/2024)
  
• Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art - Aleph 3 Channel (03/23)
• Metrograph / Dans Le Labyrinthe "Aleph" (10/22)
• Jeonju International FF "Aleph" (05/22)
• CPH: DOX - "Aleph" (04/22)
• Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” "Aleph" (04/22)
• Frames of Representation  - ICA - "Aleph" (12/21)
• RIDM  - "Aleph" (11/21)
• Thessaloniki IFF  - "Aleph" (11/21)
• Jihlava IDFF - "Aleph" (10/21)
• Sarajevo IFF  "Aleph" (08/21)
• New Directors/New Films "Aleph" (04/21)
• Seattle IFF "Utuqaq" (03/21)
• Camden IFF "Utuqaq" (10/20)
• Jihlava FF "Utuqaq" (10/20)
• Visions Du Reel "A Machine To Live In" (4/20)
• True / False "A Machine To Live In" (3/20)
• Rockaway Film Festival "Natto" (10/18)
• Art Of The Real “All That Passes By Through A Window That Doesn’t Open” (4/18) * 
• Visions Du Reel “All That Passes By Through A Window That Doesn’t Open” (4/17) * 
• Rotterdam International Film Festival “Notes From The Border” (2/16) 
• New York Film Festival “Notes From The Border” (9/15) * New York 
• Uno Port Art Films “Evaporating Borders” (5/15) * Japan
• Festival De La Salle“Evaporating Borders” (5/15) * France
• Studying exile  - “Evaporating Borders” (5/15) * France
• Greek Film Festival Brittany - “Evaporating Borders” (5/15) * France
• Human Rights Art & Film Festival - “Evaporating Borders” (5/15) Melbourne
• Chicago Underground Film Festival - “Evaporating Borders” (5/15) 
• Planete + Doc Film Festival “Evaporating Borders” (5/15) * Poland
• Crossing Europe “Evaporating Borders” (4/15) * Austria
• Nonfiktionale FF -“Evaporating Borders” (3/15) * Germany
• AmDocs “Evaporating Borders” (3/15) * Palm Springs
• Maryland International FF - “Evaporating Borders” (3/15) * Maryland
• Spokane International Film Festival  “Evaporating Borders” (3/15) 
• DocPoint Tallin Documentary Film Festival “Evaporating Borders” (2/15) * Estonia
• DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival “Evaporating Borders” (2/15)
• Film Festival Assen “Evaporating Borders” (2/15) * Amsterdam 
• Salem Film Fest -“Evaporating Borders” (2/15)
• Oxford Human Rights Festival - “Evaporating Borders” (2/15) * UK 
• ECHOES Festival - “Evaporating Borders” (2/15) * Brussels 
• Opening Ceremony of The European Parliament “Evaporating Borders” (2/15) * Brussels
• Human Rights Watch Weekend - “Evaporating Borders” (1/15) * Amsterdam 
• XORKO Festival- “Evaporating Borders” (1/15) * Cyprus 
• The Museum Of Modern Art - MOMA -“Evaporating Borders” (12/14) * New York
• AFI European Showcase - “Evaporating Borders” (12/14) * Washington DC 
• RIDM - Documentary Competition “Evaporating Borders” (11/14) * Montreal
• Verzio International Human Rights Doc Festival  -Evaporating Borders” (12/14) * Budapest
• Eastern Neighbors FF - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (11/14) * Amsterdam
• Amnesty International REEL Awareness FF - “Evaporating Borders” (11/14) * Canada
• Bratislava IFF - Competition “Evaporating Borders” (11/14) * Bratislava
• Hot Springs Doc FF - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (10/14) * AK
• Docs DF - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (11/14) * Mexico
• New Orleans Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (10/14) 
• TIDF - Taiwan International Documentary Festival - Documentary Competition “Evaporating Borders” (10/14) * Taipei
• DocLisboa - Documentary Competition “Evaporating Borders” (10/14) * Portugal
• Reykjavik International FF - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (10/14) * Iceland
• FilmFest Hamburg - Documentary Competition “Evaporating Borders” (09/14) * Germany
• Beacon IFF - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (09/14) * NY
• Sarajevo Film Festival -Documentary Competition “Evaporating Borders” * Bosnia
• DokuFest - WINNER Best Balkan Doc Competition “Evaporating Borders” (08/14) * Kosovo
• Beyond Borders - Screening “Evaporating Borders” (08/14) * Scotland
• Syros Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (07/14) * Greece
• Human Rights Watch NY Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (06/14) * NY
• Berkshires IFF - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (05/14) * MA
• BelDocs Film Festival - Balkan Competition “Evaporating Borders” (04/14) * Belgrade, Serbia
• HotDocs Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (04/14) * Toronto, CA
• Sarasota Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (04/14) * FL
• Human Rights Watch London - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (03/14) 
• Thessaloniki Doc Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (03/14) * Greece
• SXSW Film Festival - Official Selection “Evaporating Borders” (03/14) * TX
• International Film Festival Rotterdam - Official Selection ”Evaporating Borders” (02/14) *
• Hamptons International Film Festival - Screening ”Ben: In Mind’s Eye” (10/13) * NY
• Coney Island Film Festival - Screening ”Ben: In Mind’s Eye” (09/13) * NY
• Brooklyn Film Festival - Screening ”Ben: In Mind’s Eye” (06/13) * NY
• IFFestival Boston - Screening ”Ben: In Mind’s Eye” (04/13) * MA
• 20th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival - Screening ”Ben: In Mind’s Eye” (03/13) 
• Pravo Ljudski Film Festival - Screening” Ben : In Mind’s Eye” (11/12) * Sarajevo
• UnionDocs - Screening “Gawking Red” (11/12) * Brooklyn, NY
• Bronx Documentary Center - Screening ”Gawking Red” (9/12) * Bronx, NY
• Rooftop Film Festival - Screening “Thread” (8/12) * New York, NY
• Madeline Island Summer Film Series - Screening “The Despers” (7/12) * La Pointe, WI
• Rooftop Film Festival - Screening “The Despers” (6/12) * New York, NY
• Berkshire International Film Festival - Screening “Purple” (6/2) *  MA
• Asian American Film Festival - 2nd Place Winner “Nelson” (5/12) * NY
• Anthology Archives - Screening “Time For Action Is Now” (1/12) *  NY
• Rooftop Films - Screening “Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution” &   “We The People Have Found Our Voice” (12/11) * Brooklyn, NY
• Union Docs - Screening “Matthew 24:14” (12/11) * Brooklyn, NY
• Free Speech TV - broadcast select of Occupy Wall Street short films (11/11) * NY, NY
• One World Festival - screening “We The People Have Found Our Voice (11/11) * Berlin
• Aesthetica Short Film Festival - screening “Thread” Short Film (11/11) * London, UK
• ARTGREASE - broadcast select of short films (10/11) * Buffalo, NY
• Red Hook Film Festival - “Thread” & “Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution” (10/11)
• Dallas VideoFest - screening “Thread” Short Film (09/11) * Dallas, TX
• Artivist Film Festival - screening “Nelson” Short Film (07/11) * LA, CA
• REFUGE Film Festival - screening “Thread” Short Film (06/11) * London, UK
• Northside DIY Films - screening “Following Crickets” Short Film (06/11) * NY
• International Documentary Challenge - “Matthew 24:14” Short Film (05/11) -  Winner : Best Director, Best Film, Best Use of Genre * Toronto, Canada
• Documentary Channel - aired “Matthew 24:14” Short Film (05/11)
• NYWIFT Screening Series - Screening “Thread” Short Film (06/11) * NY, NY

• SCENE: BROOKLYN - Screening “Nelson” Short Film (05/11) * Brooklyn, NY
• PBS - REEL 13 Shorts - Aired “Following Crickets” Short Film (04/11) * NY
• DCTV Night Visions - Audience Award “Little White Wedding Chapel” Short Film (03/11) * NY
• CUFF Film Festival - Screened “Following Crickets” Short Film (03/11) * NY
• Screen Loud Film Festival - Screening “Thread” (03/11) * New York, NY
• E.V.A. Experimental Film festival - Screening “Following Crickets” (07/11) * Salzburg, Austria
• Alternative Film/Video festival - Screened “Purple” (12/10) * Belgrade, Serbia
• Jabuka TV - broadcasted select IVAASKS shorts (12/10) * Zagreb, Croatia
• WW5: Ah, Motherland! - Screening “Purple” & “11 Years of Absence” (11/10) * NY, NY
• Meditations Biennale “Erased Walls” - Group Exhibit “Purple” (10/10) * Berlin, Germany
• PBS - REEL 13 Shorts - Aired “Purple” Experimental Short (02/10) * NY, NY
• Verbier Music Festival - “Reflection On Audio-Visual Performance” (08/09) * Switzerland
• ITCH Magazine - Online showcase of “Purple” & “Lunch Hour” * Cape Town, South Africa
• Zeitgeist - United Artists - Group Exhibit “Purple” (09/09) * NY, NY
• Governors Island Art Fair - Group Exhibit “Purple” (10/09) * NY, NY
• 4000 Years of Larnaca - Group Exhibit “Kataklysmos” Documentary Short * Larnaca, Cyprus
• PBS - REEL 13 Shorts - Aired “11 Years of Absence” Documentary Short (08/08) * NY, NY
• 42nd Brooklyn Int’l Film Festival - Official Selection “11 Years of Absence” Doc Short (‘08) 
• Apex Gallery - Group Exhibit “Is Pain Your Pleasure?” Experimental Video (6/08) * NY, NY
• Offf Film Festival - “Confused & Inconsistent On My Way” short film (7/04) * Valencia, Spain