Sasha Ihnatovich - Not Go Gentle (05:27)
Production: Aliaksandra Ihnatovich, 2022
Not Go Gentle uncovers the hidden wounds of quiet landscapes, where picturesque villages conceal histories of violence and the suffering inflicted by humans upon one another. Based on real accounts of people crossing borders in search of safety and peace,...
Name: Ihnatovich, Sasha
No. of works: 8
Countries: Slovenia, Belarus
Born: 1988
Sasha Ihnatovich (also credited as Aliaksandra Ihnatovich or Saša Ignatovič) is a Belarusian-born filmmaker based in Slovenia, working across directing, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, and sound design. Her independent films include Not Go Gentle (2022), Naporno (2019) where she took on multiple roles including director, cinematographer, editor, and sound artist, as well as Hrana Anarh (2014) and XYX (2014), which she also wrote, directed, shot, and edited. In addition to her filmmaking practice, she has extensive experience as a production assistant on numerous Slovenian DIY short films, such as Na svojih nogah (2020), Dear Hunter (2019), Tekma oskrbnika trave (2019), Draga Jožica (2019), Tito, Nasser in Nehru (2019) and others.
Sasha is also active in film education, programming, and feminist film activism, and is involved in organising and curating International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns, and is a co-founder of FemQueerFilmLab - a queer feminist film laboratory dedicated to research, production and distribution of DIY short queer feminist films made by young filmmakers from Belarus. Sasha is also active as a film curator and selector at several film festivals, organising film screenings, workshops, and discussions that center queer, feminist, and socially engaged cinema.
(Portrait photos: Nino U. and Tomaž Kupelnik)
Sasha Ihnatovich, Luksuz produkcija - Isolation (01:09)
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2021
Isolation is a poetic reflection on isolation, exclusion, and the mediation of reality. Composed entirely of found and archival footage, the film unfolds in three parts: it opens with images of astronaut Ed White’s 1965 spacewalk — presenting...
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2021
Isolation is a poetic reflection on isolation, exclusion, and the mediation of reality. Composed entirely of found and archival footage, the film unfolds in three parts: it opens with images of astronaut Ed White’s 1965 spacewalk — presenting...
Sasha Ihnatovich, Luksuz produkcija - Hard (05:59)
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2019
The film explores ethics and aesthetics of pleasure. Short film Naporno/Hard is an attempt to challenge status quo of normative heterosexual pornography. Filmmakers take us on a journey through images that were made to give viewers pleasure: from “...
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2019
The film explores ethics and aesthetics of pleasure. Short film Naporno/Hard is an attempt to challenge status quo of normative heterosexual pornography. Filmmakers take us on a journey through images that were made to give viewers pleasure: from “...
Sasha Ihnatovich - Stolen Footage (08:32)
Production: VAC (Visual Anthropology Centre) Belgrade, VIZANTROP, 2018
Stolen Footage is an atmospheric journey through the night cityscapes of Belgrade, revealing the often unseen layers of urban nightlife. As the camera drifts through dimly lit streets and shadowed corners, the film exposes not just the city's after-hours...
Production: VAC (Visual Anthropology Centre) Belgrade, VIZANTROP, 2018
Stolen Footage is an atmospheric journey through the night cityscapes of Belgrade, revealing the often unseen layers of urban nightlife. As the camera drifts through dimly lit streets and shadowed corners, the film exposes not just the city's after-hours...
Sasha Ihnatovich, Luksuz produkcija - Postcards to Melania (06:09)
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2016
Filmed in the months leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Postcards to Melania travels to the Slovenian town of Sevnica — birthplace of Melania Trump — to ask her former neighbors and fellow townspeople what they think of her. Co...
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2016
Filmed in the months leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Postcards to Melania travels to the Slovenian town of Sevnica — birthplace of Melania Trump — to ask her former neighbors and fellow townspeople what they think of her. Co...
Sasha Ihnatovich, Luksuz produkcija - Brave Feminist (05:32)
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2014
Brave Feminist documents a feminist protest through Ljubljana’s city streets in 2014, confronting sexism at sites of institutional power. With handheld visuals, live street sound, and the powerful voices of the protesters and the feminist choir Z&rsqu...
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2014
Brave Feminist documents a feminist protest through Ljubljana’s city streets in 2014, confronting sexism at sites of institutional power. With handheld visuals, live street sound, and the powerful voices of the protesters and the feminist choir Z&rsqu...
Sasha Ihnatovich, Luksuz produkcija - Food Anarchy (trailer) (08:09 (00:29))
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2014
In a communal kitchen within a squatted former military base in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a group of anarchist activists gathers to cook, eat, and reflect. Through their involvement in the international Food Not Bombs movement, urban gardening, and shared soli...
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2014
In a communal kitchen within a squatted former military base in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a group of anarchist activists gathers to cook, eat, and reflect. Through their involvement in the international Food Not Bombs movement, urban gardening, and shared soli...
Sasha Ihnatovich, Luksuz produkcija - XYX (03:43)
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2014
A sexually charged audiovisual journey into the body and its cultural perception. (Source: Sasha Ihnatovich)
Production: Luksuz produkcija, 2014
A sexually charged audiovisual journey into the body and its cultural perception. (Source: Sasha Ihnatovich)
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