Romanian new wave washes up in Rome
The Romanian Academy in Rome if offering Italian audiences a look at some of the most recent films from a country whose film industry is enjoying a moment of great creative energy.
The four-day event will kick off on March 13 at the Casa del Cinema in Rome with a round table that will give the public a chance to meet some of the protagonists of the Romanian “new wave”: director Cătălin Mitulescu (How I Spent the End of the World [+see also:
trailer
film profile], 2006); Bogdan Mustata, the young winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin for his short film O zi buna de plaja (A Good Day for a Swim); and screenwriter and actress of California Dreamin' [+see also:
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film profile], respectively, Tudor Voican and Maria Dinulescu.
The programme includes five of the most representative features – How I Spent…, Corneliu Porumboiu’s 12:08 East of Bucharest [+see also:
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interview: Corneliu Porumboiu
interview: Daniel Burlac
film profile] (2006), Radu Gabrea’s The Beheaded Rooster (2007), Cristi Puiu’s The Death of Mr. Lazarescu [+see also:
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film profile] (2005) and California Dreamin’ by Cristian Nemescu (2007) – along with a documentary by Adina Pintilie (Don’t Get Me Wrong, 2007) and a wide selection of shorts.
(Translated from Italian)
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