When the Phone Rang (Kada je zazvonio telefon)

Session Submission Type: Film

Brief Description

Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, this drama by Serbian director Iva Radivojević investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. It follows 11-year-old Lana as her world quietly unravels in early 1990s Yugoslavia after a single phone call brings news of her grandfather’s death. As the country around her begins to fall apart, the film captures the confusion, grief, and strange stillness of growing up in a moment when everything familiar starts to shift. It is a deeply personal, reflective story about childhood, memory, and the quiet ways we feel history pressing in.

Sub Unit

• Film Series

Introduced by

• Adnan Dzumhur, UNC at Chapel Hill

Questions and Answers Moderated by

• Dijana Jelača, Brooklyn College

• Adnan Dzumhur, UNC at Chapel Hill