Voice of female directors getting stronger in Romania
- 2015 and 2016 will be the most “feminine” years in the history of local cinema
A recent analysis by the European Audiovisual Observatory has shown that European cinema is still a man’s world, with only 16.3% of the total number of features released between 2003 and 2012 being directed by women (see the news). Romanian cinema is certainly still a man’s world, but things are slowly changing: more than ten projects headed by female directors are currently at various stages of production, which means that 2015 and 2016 will be the most “feminine” years in the history of local cinema.
Ruxandra Zenide is studying maternity and exclusion in her The Miracle of Tekir [+see also:
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Iulia Rugină will release Another Love Building, the sequel to her first feature, Love Building [+see also:
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Ana Lungu will soon wrap post-production for The Self-Portrait of a Dutiful Daughter [+see also:
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As for projects in development, Ioana Uricaru is readying Lemonade, a drama about a Romanian woman and her experiences after emigrating to the United States, Eva Pervolovici is looking for funding for Ileana, a drama about drug dealers, and Mihaela Popescu is developing her first feature, 6PM.
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