https://nikasaravanja.com nikasaravanja.com Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:01:59 +0000 https://nikasaravanja.com en https://nikasaravanja.com/HOME Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:33:23 +0000 nikasaravanja.com https://nikasaravanja.com/HOME NIKA ŠARAVANJA filmmaker - director - storyteller about Films &amp; Collaborations take me on a trip get in&nbsp;contact https://nikasaravanja.com/ABOUT-ME Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:33:23 +0000 nikasaravanja.com https://nikasaravanja.com/ABOUT-ME ︎back “Moving images are my way of communication. As a filmmaker I have a unique chance to immerse the viewer in a temporal alternative universe about which he or she knows nothing of. I can try to give another point of view and to connect and sensibilize people around the globe. I love exploring, diving into different worlds and finding real stories that should be told in a sensitive but also creative way. I feel that from each new project I can grow as a person and expand my family.” Nika Šaravanja is a Croatian documentary filmmaker and visual artist. Before diving into the world of movies she did various things: from being a yoga and snowboard instructor, studying economics and curating a gallery in an old seaside town, to spending as much time as she could travelling and doing social work with various artists and NGO's. In 2014 she started studying at the Zelig School for Documentary and New Media in Bolzano, Italy. She graduated in 2016 in directing class with the award winning film “Dusk Chorus – Based on Fragments of Extinction“, her first feature documentary. Like this film, which had its premiere at the Visions du Reel festival in Nyon and is a story about human influence on nature, her subsequent work is based on themes of social impact and environment. She is currently living in-between Vienna, Zagreb and the world and has just finished her second feature Jump Out, which premiered in January 2024 on FIPADOC. https://nikasaravanja.com/PROJECTS Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:33:23 +0000 nikasaravanja.com https://nikasaravanja.com/PROJECTS Running on Cargo ︎back <img width="841" height="1190" width_o="841" height_o="1190" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da9de4d95754f4c1efda3c65c6c97220ffd64d7b3ccb341f559a7c2afb9f626a/Jump-Out-POSTER_A3-JPEG.jpg" data-mid="200149617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/841/i/da9de4d95754f4c1efda3c65c6c97220ffd64d7b3ccb341f559a7c2afb9f626a/Jump-Out-POSTER_A3-JPEG.jpg" /> JUMP OUT (2024) Duration: 85 min. &amp; 52minDirector: Nika ŠaravanjaCinematography: Mark ModrićEditor: Pierpaolo FilomenoProduction: Tico Film Company, Playtime Films, Fade in, Aljeezera Documentary TRAILER (52min)&nbsp;https://vimeo.com/968737193 TRAILER (85min) &nbsp;https://vimeo.com/898352674 Ian, the little engineer and Pro, the little rebel are two 9 years old best friends, growing up in the suburbs of Nairobi. Their biggest dream is to become famous acrobats and travel somewhere far away. One day, Steve,their superhero and charismatic acro-trainer, announces that there will be a chance for some of the kids totravel and perform in Europe. Ian and Pro start training even harder hoping they will be the chosen ones. Asthe travel is getting closer, the tension between the two friends starts to build up, their self-esteem is shaky,and a family tragedy seems to destroy the dream of the boys. Will they find the strength to overcomeeverything and make their wishes come true?FESTIVAL &amp; AWARDS FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI, Italy AWARD- “POPOLI KIDS &amp; TEENS”Sole e Luna Film Festival, Italy AWARD- "Bridge between cultures" Biografilm Festival - Bologna, Italy &nbsp;AWARD - Best European Project &nbsp;IDFA Forum, Amsterdam, Holland Filem`on Film Festival, Belgium FIPADOC, FranceUNDER OUR SKIN human rights film festival, Nairobi, Kenya I represent film festival, Lagos, Nigeria Cinekid Script Lab &amp; Pitching Forum, Amsterdam, Holland When East Meets west - Trieste, Italy M:brane Forum, Malmo, Sweden Esodocs - Tromso, Bolzano, Bari CINEMA DISTRIBUTION: DOCS BARCELONA <img width="2234" height="3192" width_o="2234" height_o="3192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20f6a3472327cc5ee483942bef38e592295348111620e3de6fe2222632e734df/Manifesto-DUSK-CHORUS.jpg" data-mid="83833885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20f6a3472327cc5ee483942bef38e592295348111620e3de6fe2222632e734df/Manifesto-DUSK-CHORUS.jpg" /> DUSK CHORUS Based on Fragments of Extinction (2017) Duration: 62 min.Written and narrated by David MonacchiDirectors: Nika Šaravanja, Alessandro D’EmiliaCinematography: Alessandro D’EmiliaEditing: Otis BuriA co-production ZeLIG – Fragments of ExtinctionAn exploration through remote primary equatorial forests, the project Fragments of Extinction uses sound as a medium to reflect on the current global extinction crisis. The film portrays the fieldwork of eco-acoustics researcher and project’s founder David Monacchi, who is on a quest to record 24-hour 3-dimensional sonic portraits in the area with the assessed highest biodiversity on Earth. Through beautiful and immersive cinematography and directing, Alessandro D’Emilia and Nika Saravanja follow the progress of this urgent project, incorporating Monacchi’s lecture footage, which manages to accessibly impart the complexity of the issues at hand. During the film the focus shifts from incredible images to a spectacular surround listening experience. It’s as if the viewers themselves are in the middle of the rainforest – they hear insects, birds, amphibians, mammals and even trees in a three-dimensional polyphony of nature. The result is a careful balance between Monacchi’s scientific yet deeply philosophical relationship with the environment and the urgent plight of communities and creatures that are facing the impact of habitat loss, invasive industry and climate change. Dusk Chorus (2017) is an enduring contemplation and poetic journey on some of the often-overlooked aspects that make an ecosystem diverse, unique, and fragile. https://www.fragmentsofextinction.org/dusk-chorus-film/ FESTIVALS &amp; AWARDS Visions du Reèl – Nyon (International premiere), SwitzerlandInnsbruck Nature Film Festival – Innsbruck, Austria AWARD – Best International DocumentaryGreen Image Film Festival – Tokyo, Japan AWARD – Green Image awardCinemambiente – Torino, Italy &nbsp;AWARD – Best Italian DocumentaryDurban International Film Festival – Durban, South Africa &nbsp;AWARD – Best International DocumentaryCineEco – Serra da Estrela, Spain AWARD – Best International DocumentaryInScience Dutch International Film Festival – Nijmegen, Holland AWARD – Best International DocumentaryFestival International de Cinema e Video Ambiental – Brazil AWARD – Best International FilmEuropean Academy of Science Film – Vienna AWARD – Best European Science Film 2017-2018Bridge Film Festival – Verona AWARD – Jury PrizeInternational Science Film Festival – Saint Petersburg AWARD – Jury PrizeSignes de Nuit – Paris AWARD – Best International DocumentaryEcozine Film Festival – Zaragoza, Spain AWARD – Best International FilmBifed – Istanbul, Turkey &nbsp;AWARD – Best International Doc (student jury) Green Film Festival – Seoul, Korea Iran International Film Festival – Teheran, Iran DokuFest – Prizren, Kosovo Global Eco Film Festival – Zurich, Switzerland Cervino Cinemountain – Aosta, Italy Imagine Science Film Festival – New York, USA &nbsp;(North America premiere) Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival – Toronto, Canada Jihlava IFF – Prague, Czech Republic Cinema Planeta – MexicoInconvenient Films Film Festival – Vilnius, Latvia Mountain International Film Festival – Graz, Austria Fricine Socioenvironmental Film Festival – Rio De Janeiro, Brasil International Human Rights Film Festival – Nurnberg, Germany Environmental Film Festival – Washington, USA Festival of Tolerance – Zagreb, Croatia Signes de Nuit – Berlin, Germany Green Film Festival UEA – Norwick UK International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs – Belgrad, Serbia International Wildlife Film Festival – Montana Trento film Festival – Trento, Italy Signes de Nuit – Bangkok Special Mention – International Documentaries Science Fiction Film Festival – Trieste, Italy Savonlinna International Film Festival – Finland International Film Festival Ebesrwalde – Berlin, Germany Green Film Festival – San Francisco, USA Fuorinorma di Adriano Apra – Roma, Italy Anu-ru Aboro - Festival dei popoli, New Caledonia Documentario Noto - Sicily, Italy Clorofilla FF - Firenze, Italy Amman Human rights film festival - Jordan Signes de Nuit - &nbsp;Tucuman, Argentina <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fc194d4c04e385a9c67a2b8317a64ffd23e535fb22d442b06a5752fe0590fb6/rt2d_phoebe.JPG" data-mid="124277022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fc194d4c04e385a9c67a2b8317a64ffd23e535fb22d442b06a5752fe0590fb6/rt2d_phoebe.JPG" /> HACIA ADENTRO (2021)Music video &amp; photos for Phoebe Violet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNlkB_zIi_c JUMP OUT (2021) in pre- production Duration: 75+ Director: Nika Šaravanja Cinematography: Mark Modrić Editor: Pierpaolo Filomeno Production: Tico Film Company, Playtime Films <img width="2434" height="1606" width_o="2434" height_o="1606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c88bf910ab2e5d2f25d8e39e2e0af6b1a5a585599d7d1331c64a6727f9e82126/Screenshot-2020-11-22-at-20.07.30.png" data-mid="89690034" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c88bf910ab2e5d2f25d8e39e2e0af6b1a5a585599d7d1331c64a6727f9e82126/Screenshot-2020-11-22-at-20.07.30.png" /> IN THIS STATE OF BEING (2015) Duration: 23 min.Directors: Nika ŠaravanjaCinematography: Maximilian SchlehuberEditing: Morgana TinebraProduction: ZeLIG&nbsp; The Alps are usually described as a place of joy and tranquillity, so what makes the inhabitants of this supposed paradise so depressed and inclined to commit suicide? Starting from the reflections of families and professionals who have had direct experience of the consequences of such an extreme decision, the film looks for an answer to this question in the writings of a young girl and her inner battle with everyday life. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;https://trentofestival.it/en/archive/2016/in-this-state-of-being/ <img width="1526" height="1226" width_o="1526" height_o="1226" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0eb5c69615801928b882f464d3e711849f2991ece5cc782ed87cd99911016f12/Screenshot-2020-11-23-at-13.37.06.png" data-mid="89773022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0eb5c69615801928b882f464d3e711849f2991ece5cc782ed87cd99911016f12/Screenshot-2020-11-23-at-13.37.06.png" /> LONG TIME NO SLEEP video installation by CAMILA RHODI Video: Nika Šaravanja Austria 2018 The artist Camila Rhodi talks about her relationships with women, starting with her mother. A bed set in the middle of the space, explores the qualities of it as a place of birth, love, sex, loneliness and death. Surrounded by 3 small TVs that shows stories of love, drama and porn &amp; politics, the visitors are invited to lie down on the bed and choose the story they want to watch. http://camilarhodi.com/portfolio/long-time-no-sleep/FESTIVALS BIENALSUR, Buenos Aires, Argentina Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria <img width="2460" height="806" width_o="2460" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ffc28b2bb7af562097b551ca6611449fe19958b02a8761c5902ad6a3b2e2fd2/Screen-Shot-2017-09-08-at-11.18.49.png" data-mid="83833818" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ffc28b2bb7af562097b551ca6611449fe19958b02a8761c5902ad6a3b2e2fd2/Screen-Shot-2017-09-08-at-11.18.49.png" />TO MY FATHER WITH LOVEa letter by Dante Buu Diptych: Nika Šaravanja Kulturkontakt Austria <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dac54aaaf690045ee82e9bb0d8492809e9443531fb45f7499cf92ce95147cedd/katrin-spiegel.jpg" data-mid="89772448" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dac54aaaf690045ee82e9bb0d8492809e9443531fb45f7499cf92ce95147cedd/katrin-spiegel.jpg" /> KATRIN SPIEGEL - MOMENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRrRosPa6V8 <img width="2878" height="1606" width_o="2878" height_o="1606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64b5d48fb7232247dfb7f96632155af921a673ddc12ef024678e30a0880764e5/Screenshot-2020-11-23-at-13.45.33.png" data-mid="89773659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64b5d48fb7232247dfb7f96632155af921a673ddc12ef024678e30a0880764e5/Screenshot-2020-11-23-at-13.45.33.png" /> ASCOLTA I MIEI OCCHI Directing: Ylenia Busolli Cinematography: Nika Šaravanja, Alessandro d’Emilia Editing: Alessandro d’Emilia Duration: 15 min Production: Zelig The documentary tells the story of people with different types of sensorial disabilities. The common space of their perception is the train station. FESTIVALSTrento Film Festival, Italy Motovun Film Festival, Croatia <img width="1604" height="1608" width_o="1604" height_o="1608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd683952bc641c9a29862c602bb7941311f9069a28000d9615b7340cb6976475/Screenshot-2022-01-25-at-09.22.24.png" data-mid="131336619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd683952bc641c9a29862c602bb7941311f9069a28000d9615b7340cb6976475/Screenshot-2022-01-25-at-09.22.24.png" />ELEV- Salt on IronMusic video by Nika Šaravanja &amp; Amio Mon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFudSI8Y7Q ︎back https://nikasaravanja.com/TAKE-ME-ON-A-TRIP Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:59:25 +0000 nikasaravanja.com https://nikasaravanja.com/TAKE-ME-ON-A-TRIP Running on Cargo ︎back https://nikasaravanja.com/PRESS-LINKS Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:00:31 +0000 nikasaravanja.com https://nikasaravanja.com/PRESS-LINKS Running on Cargo https://nikasaravanja.com/GET-IN-CONTACT Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:01:59 +0000 nikasaravanja.com https://nikasaravanja.com/GET-IN-CONTACT ︎Running on Cargo PLEASE GET IN CONTACT, I’LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU! ︎ nika.saravanja@gmail.com ︎︎ &lt; back