phd student 2023–2026
Iva Radivojević is a doctoral candidate at Villa Arson for the 2023–2026 term.
Thesis title: Dreamscapes of Dislocation
Iva Radivojević’s doctoral research focuses on the idea that the state of exile has the structure of a dream. It is a rumination on dislocation, nostalgia, and memory, and how they correspond to narrativity or non-linear storytelling. The research explores how this liminal space, outside of normative social structures, is reflected in cinematic language—particularly cinematic structures that challenge prescribed notions of the narrative arc.
As part of her thesis, Iva is making a film entitled When The Phone Rang.
Through the intimate reenactment of a significant phone call, When The Phone Rang investigates dislocation and the nature of memory. In the mind of the eleven-year-old protagonist, this phone call erases her entire country, her history, and her identity, hiding her existence in books, films, and the memories of those born before 1995.
· Fields: Cinema, Anthropology, Migration
· Doctoral School: 86 – SHAL, Université Côte d’Azur
· Director: Laurent Sébastien Fournier
· Co-supervisor: Marie Canet
Biography
Iva Radivojevic is an artist and filmmaker who divides her time between Athens and Lesbos. Iva’s films have screened at the New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, Rotterdam IFF, Locarno FF, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, Jeonju IFF, Museum of Modern Art (NYC), and Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Her new book, Avenue of the Living, was recently published by Big Black Mountain Press. She is a doctoral candidate at Villa Arson in Nice.
