"IMI ESTE INDIFERENT DACA IN ISTORIE VOM INTRA CA BARBARI"
Romania, Czech Republic
Synopsis
Director's Statement
Director's Biography
His debut feature film, THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (2009), winner of NHK/Filmmaker Award in Sundance and Hubert Bals grant, was selected in more than 50 film festivals among which Toronto, New Directors/New Films - NY, Thessaloniki, Sarajevo and London.
In 2011, he directed and produced the independent medium length FILM FOR FRIENDS.
EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY (2012), his second feature film which premiered in the Berlinale Forum, was selected in more than 30 film festivals around the world and released in cinemas in France, Holland and Hungary.
His two recent short films SHADOW OF A CLOUD (2013) and IT CAN PASS THROUGH THE WALL (2014) were selected in the Cannes - Directors' Fortnight section.
Radu’s third feature, AFERIM! (2015) had its world premiere at the 65th Berlinale Competition where it was awarded with the Silver Bear for Best Director.
In 2016 Radu made his debut as theatre director at the National Theatre of Timișoara adapting for the stage Ingmar Bergman`s SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE. In November, he premiered in Bucharest ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL, a theatre adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s script.
THE DEAD NATION represents his debut in documentary film and it premiered internationally at the Locarno IFF.
Filmography:
2018 - “I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS” (2018)
2017 - THE DEAD NATION
2016 - SCARRED HEARTS
2015 - AFERIM!
2014 - IT CAN PASS THROUGH THE WALL
2013 - SHADOW OF A CLOUD
2012 - EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY
2011 - FILM FOR FRIENDS
2009 - THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
Cast & Crew
Directed by: Radu Jude
Written by: Radu Jude
Produced by: Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Ada Solomon, Jiří Konečný, Serge Lalou, Claire Dornoy, Rossitsa Valkanova, Jonas Dornbach
Cinematography: Marius Panduru
Editing: Catalin Cristutiu
Production Design: Iuliana Vilsan
Costume Design: Iuliana Vilsan
Make-Up & Hair: Domnica Bodogan, Petya Simeonova
Sound: Jean Umanski, Cristinel Sirli, Dana Bunescu
Cast: Ioana Iacob (Mariana ), Alexandru Dabija (Movila), Alexey Bogdanchikov (Traian)
Nominations and Awards
- Feature Film Selection 2019