When I'm at Home

Synopsis

A young woman returns home from abroad after several years to confront the trauma of sexual assault from her past.The silent witnesses of her trauma still live with the old lies. Are they brave enough for the truth?

Director Biography

Ivana Todorovic is a filmmaker from Belgrade, Serbia who focuses on short films. Her documentary work tackles complex issues that deal with the cycles of abuse and recovery. Her films were screened at the 2013 Berlinale Shorts competition, IFF Rotterdam, Traverse City Festival, The Palm Springs IFF and received awards in Serbia, Kosovo, Italy, Canada, Greece, UK and the US. She had screenings in the Anthology Film Archive, Cultura Contemporiana Barcelona, and a broadcast at the New York Times made with Kickstarter series. She appeared as a speaker at TEDxAUK in Pristina and conducted filmmaking workshops at universities worldwide. Ivana hold MA in Fiction and TV film from Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, is a graduate of the Documentary Media Studies program at the New School in New York, holds a BA in Ethnology and Anthropology from University of Belgrade. „When Im at home“ is her first fiction film made as Master Thesis.