Regional Competition

IKEA for YU

Marija Ratković Vidaković, Dinka Radonić
Screening time  
26.02. / Tuesday, 19:00 - 21:00 Theatre 1  
28.02. / Thursday, 17:00 - 19:00 Theatre 5  
01.03. / Friday, 11:00 - 13:00 Theatre 1  
Searching for me, through the pages of history, I found something new: IKEA for YU!

Marija grew up in a family who still cherishes the Yugoslavian ideals. She and her family are of Serbian ethnicity but they remained in Croatia, despite pressures caused by the recent war. When she started her own family, Marija began to question her own, as well as her family’s values and to wonder whether this was an environment in which she wanted to raise her son, aged five at the time. She chose a new beginning, in a completely different setting and made a new home for herself in Sweden. This is a story about growing up, leaving the family nest and accepting one’s own system of values, as well as about forming this system within a stable and caring family.

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Marija Ratković Vidaković

Marija Ratković Vidaković was born in 1985 in Karlovac. She holds a BA in Film, TV and Theater Production and an MA in the Production of Stage and Performing Arts from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She is a final year student of German and Spanish Studies at the Faculty of Humanities in Zagreb. She is one on the founders and the longtime director of the Four River Film Festival in Karlovac and the Karlovac River Cinema. Since 2017, she lives and works in Sweden. IKEA for YU (2018), codirected with Dinka Radonić, is her directorial debut.

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Dinka Radonić

Dinka Radonić was born in 1984. She graduated in Film and TV Cinematography from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She is the author and cinematographer of numerous short fiction, documentary and experimental films, and was assistant director of photography on several feature films. She teaches at the School of Documentary Film and the ABC of Film organized by the association Restart and she is a long-time collaborator at the School of Media Culture. IKEA for YU (2018), codirected with Marija Ratković Vidaković, is her directorial debut.

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IKEA for YU

Croatia
2018, 52'

Directed by:
Marija Ratković Vidaković, Dinka Radonić

Screenplay by:
Marija Ratković Vidaković, Dinka Radonić

Cinematography:
Dinka Radonić

Edited by:
Damir Čučić

Music:
Siniša Krneta

Producers:
Vera Robić-Škarica, Marija Ratković Vidaković, Johan Bodin, Mikael Rosenberg

Produced by:
Hrvatski filmski savez, Wizworks Studio

Festivals & Awards:

Sarajevo Film Festival 2018; DOK Leipzig 2018; First Frame International Film Festival 2018; Dhaka International Film Festival 2019; Yala Independent Film Festival 2019; Festival Cinematográfico de Mérida 2019