Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2018 Directed by: Sergei LOZNITSA Year of production: 2018 Country: GERMANY, UKRAINE, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 121 minutes In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass [...]
Jury Prize, Cannes 2018 Directed by: Nadine LABAKI Year of production: 2018 Country: LEBANON Genre: drama Length: 120 minutes INT. COURTROOM ZAIN, a 12-year-old boy, faces THE JUDGE. THE JUDGE: Why are you suing your own parents? ZAIN: For giving me life. The film is distributed in Romania by Independența Film. [...]
Caméra d'Or Award for best actor Victor Polster Prize FIPRESCI Un Certain Regard Queer Palm, Cannes 2018 Directed by: Lukas DHONT Year of production: 2018 Country: BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS Genre: drama Length: 105 minutes Determined 15-year-old Lara is committed to becoming a professional ballerina. With the support of her father, she throws herself [...]
In Competition, Berlin & Telluride 2006 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 2003 Country: FRANCE, ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 39 minutes The Ukrainian steppe, toward the end of World War II. The German and Romanian troops are retreating in the face of the unstoppable Red Army. In a deserted school, a [...]
Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2003 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 2003 Country: ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 95 minutes Niki is a retired colonel. His son just died in a an accident, his daughter is married to the son of Flo, his neighbor from across the street. Flo, a bohemian left-over from [...]
In Competition, Venice 2001 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 2001 Country: FRANCE, ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 76 minutes Franț Țăndără, a former torturer in the Romanian prisons, is ready to confess his crimes to a journalist and a former political prisoner. But the confession presents problems from the very beginning: [...]
Grand Special Jury Prize, Venice 1998 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 1998 Country: ROMANIA, FRANCE, ITALY Genre: drama Length: 108 minutes On the outskirts of Bucharest, one hot summer day. Norica, a young waitress and Mitu, a pig-keeper, meet, taunt each other and play at who will drink and dare [...]
In Competition, Cannes 1996 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 1996 Country: FRANCE, ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 104 minutes Dumitru Costa, a young Public Prosecutor, is given his first investigation: the suspicious death of miner in the Jiu Valley, in nowadays Romania. Accident or murder? Costa is assisted by Alina, a [...]
In Competition, Cannes 1994 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 1994 Country: FRANCE, ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 82 minutes Romania in the 20s. In a border town on the left bank of the Danube, the mansion of Lady Vorvoreanu glitters with the lights of a ball honored by all the local nobility. [...]
In Competition, Cannes 1992 Award for Best Actress, Geneva 1992 Felix Award for Best actress of the year, European Film Academy Awards 1992 Directed by: Lucian PINTILIE Year of production: 1992 Country: FRANCE, ROMANIA Genre: drama Length: 105 minutes Bucharest, 1988. Nela, a young schoolteacher, takes care of her father, a former [...]
