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Romanian cinema: Ivana Mladenović wins best director at Sarajevo Film Festival for ‘Sorella di Clausura’

August 25, 2025

Serbian-Romanian filmmaker Ivana Mladenović received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director on Friday night at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival for her feature film Sorella di Clausura. The Romanian-Serbian-Italian-Spanish co-production competed in the festival’s international fiction section.

“I am grateful for this award and for the way the film was received. I was very happy to see it here,” Mladenović said after the ceremony, thanking lead actress Katia Pascariu, producer...

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