Tag: Cristian Mungiu

  • Romanian movie “Lemonade” has been selected for the Berlin International Film Festival

    Romanian movie “Lemonade” has been selected for the Berlin International Film Festival

    Cristian Mungiu’s new movie “Lemonade” has been selected in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival this year. The movie was directed by Ioana Uricaru and tells the story of Mara, a 30-year-old woman who moved to the US with her 9-year-old son, Dragos. The character is married to Daniel, an American who works…

  • Cristian Mungiu to receive French Legion of Honour order

    Cristian Mungiu to receive French Legion of Honour order

    Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be decorated with France’s National Order of the Legion of Honour. France Ambassador in Romania Michele Ramis will give the decoration to Mungiu today. Cristophe Gigaudaut, the French Cultural Insitute stated at the opening gala of the 2017 Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest:   This year, France has the pleasure…

  • Cristian Mungiu elected president of Jury at Cannes Film Festival this year

    Cristian Mungiu elected president of Jury at Cannes Film Festival this year

    Director Cristian Mungiu, well known for the film 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days will be the president of the Cinefondation and Short Films Jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The festival will take place between May 17 and May 28. Mungiu has previously won many movie awards, including the 2007 Palme…

  • Romanian movie nominated for the Cesar awards

    Romanian movie nominated for the Cesar awards

    Romanian movie Bacalaureat directed by Cristian Mungiu has been nominated for the Cesar awards for the best foreign movie category. The movie has already won the best director award at Cannes movie festival last year. The movie will compete with Aquaris, a Brazilian-France production directed by Kleber Mendoca Filho, Toni Erdmann a movie directed by…

  • Romanian movie among BBC’s 25 greatest films of the 21st century

    Romanian movie among BBC’s 25 greatest films of the 21st century

    BBC has chosen the top 25 greatest movies of the 21st century. The films were picked by critics from around the world. Some of the movies chosen were: Memento by Cristopher Nolan, Lost in Translation, Grand Budapest Hotel,Children of Men and The tree of life and Romanian movie 4 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days…

  • “Bacalaureat” and “Sieranevada” win five awards at Listapad International movie festival

    “Bacalaureat” and “Sieranevada” win five awards at Listapad International movie festival

    Romanian movies have won five awards at the Listapad International Movie festival. The festival took place in Minsk, Belarus, between November 4-11. According to Agerpres, “Bacalaureat” directed by Cristian Mungiu and “SieraNevada” by Cristi Puiu were awarded last weekend at the Ending Gala of the festival. The press specialty award was given for creating a…

  • Cristian Mungiu invited to join the American Academy

    Cristian Mungiu invited to join the American Academy

    The American Academy Award has invited Cristian Mungiu to be a member of the organisation. The academy that awards the Oscars every year has also invited Nuri Bilge Ceylan from Turkey and Apichatpong Weeasethakul from Thailand, Emma Watson,  Hou Hsiao-Hsien from China, Abbas Kiarostami from Iran and Park-Chan-wook from South Korea. If you are not…