Female film directors and producers shine in Romanian New Wave

Record ID: 1366651

  • Title: Female film directors and producers shine in Romanian New Wave
  • Date: 3rd December 2018
  • Summary: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (NOVEMBER 27, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOLOMON SPEAKING WITH COLLEAGUE IN OFFICE AND EXAMINING PIECE OF COSTUME AWARD CERTIFICATE FOR 'THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND ME' DIRECTED BY FILM DIRECTOR MONA NICOARA AND CO-PRODUCED BY SOLOMON'S PRODUCTION COMPANY (SOUNDBITE) (Romanian) FILM PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR, ADA SOLOMON, SAYING: "I think one vulnerability i
  • Embargoed: 17th December 2018 13:06
  • Keywords: female film directors Romanian cinema Ada Solomon award-winning film Anca Damian
  • Location: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA / NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA / UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS
  • City: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA / NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA / UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS
  • Country: Romania
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA00599E5D89
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Romania has shrugged off its communist past to emerge as a powerhouse of cinema over the last two decades, with many decorated directors in recent years being women.
    Among them is Anca Damian, whose new film 'Moon Hotel Kabul' has already netted her the best director prize at the Warsaw International Film Festival.
    Speaking before the Bucharest premiere of the film, Damian said there was evidence of a "wind of changes" in the industry, where a decade ago she felt overlooked, or as she puts it - "transparent".
    Ada Solomon, one of Europe's leading film producers and the woman behind some of the most critically-acclaimed dramas of recent years, is at the forefront of an increasing number of female producers and directors working in Romania.
    Much has been made about the Romanian New Wave, a genre of naturalistic and unflinching films that have been consistently winning top prizes such as the Palme d'Or in Cannes and awards at the Berlin and Venice festivals.
    Solomon, two of whose films have won prizes at the Berlinale, says women in the industry were still hesitant to break boundaries due to "self-censorship".
    Work by female directors is taking centre stage at the 13th annual Making Waves festival in New York, with a section to films directed by women, including Damian and this year's Berlin Golden Bear winner "Touch Me Not" by Adina Pintilie.
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