Cinema of Romania

The films "Aferim!" directed by Radu Jude; "Despre oameni si melci" (Of Snails and Men) by Tudor Giurgiu and "Dupa dealuri" (Over the Hills) by Cristian Mungiu are some of the films that have been specially adjusted to be projected in the first edition of Romania's National Film Festival for the Visually Impaired, May 15-19.

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Nae Caranfil's mix of drama and surrealistic comedy "Closer to the Moon" won the Grand Prix and the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) for 2014 at the gala organized Wednesday night at the Studio film theatre in Bucharest.

The feature Aferim!, directed by Radu Jude, was designated the great winner of the IndieLisboa International Film Festival.

Film director Radu Jude
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Romanian film "Acasa la tata" (At Dad's) directed by Andrei Cohn will be screened on May 7 as a premiere at the opening gala of the 19th edition of the European Film Festival.

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The first film selected, 'Comoara' ('The Treasure') is directed by director Corneliu Porumboiu, who in 2006 won Cannes' Golden Camera prize for best first film with his '12:08 East of Bucharest' feature.

The movie stars both professional and amateur actors, focusing on two men who have surprising adventures as they attempt to find treasure.

NexT International Film Festival, in its 9th edition, brings to Bucharest, starting on Wednesday, 146 of the newest short films, special guests, seminars and parties, in eight different venues - Studio Cinema, Elvire Popesco Cinema, CinemaPRO and the Romanian Cultural Institute, Control Club, J'ai Bistrot, Carturesti, Ciclop Garage (Magheru Boulevard, 6-8).

"Closer to the moon" on Monday evening was awarded the best feature film prize in this year's edition of the Gopo Awards Gala and Nae Caranfil received the best director award for the same film.

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Romanian feature film "De ce eu?" (Why Me?) by director Tudor Giurgiu, has won the Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics for the best film in the Balkan Competition at the 19th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival running over March 5-29, organisers reported in a press release on Monday.

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Radu Jude won the award for his historical drama "Aferim!", the story of the hunt for a runaway Roma slave in the 19th century.

The film highlights the cruelty and deep-rooted prejudices that were rife at the time, when people from Romania's Roma minority were kept as slaves by monasteries and local overlords.

Director Radu Jude received the Silver Bear for "Aferim!", at the Berlinale 2015 Film Festival, on Saturday evening.

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"If I knew I would win such a prize, I would have been more serious when shooting it," Radu Jude said on the Berlinale stage.