After a six-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Serbian director Ivan Ikic, best known for his bruising coming of age drama “Barbarians,” is back in the director’s chair and hitting the European festival circuit.
Ikic will next screen his ambitious “Oasis” at Venice Days, Venice’s independently run section that, this year, offers a distinctly Eastern European bent to its 10 competition films.Ikic’s offering is a special one, utilizing non-actors to tell a story close to their (and the filmmaker’s) heart.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “Upon her arrival at an institution for people with mental disabilities, Maria becomes fast friends with the equally fiery Dragana.
When it becomes clear that they are both in love with the more withdrawn Robert, their relationship is upset and gradually grows into a dangerous game of hide-and-seek to win him over.
Condemned to a lifetime of hiding away from society,
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