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| Romanians at the Cannes Film Festival 11/05/2011 |
| (2011-05-11) |
| Last updated: 2011-05-12 13:12 EET |
Keeping with the tradition of last years, Romania once again has high hopes of reaping awards at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Robert de Niro is expected to head the jury that will preside over the official competition, while a plethora of film stars were announced to walk the Promenade de la Croisette. This year’s edition boasts 50 films in the official competition, 20 of which will compete for the Palme d’Or. Having reached its 64th edition, the Cannes Film Festival this year looks especially promising.
Romanian film director Catalin Mitulescu will compete in the “Un certain regard” section with his latest film “Loverboy”. The film tells the story of a 20-year-old man who seduces women in order to push them into prostitution, but who falls in love with one of his potential victims. Mitulescu made his film debut in 2006 with his feature “How I Spent the End of the World”, when Dorothea Petre scooped the “Un certain regard” award for best female actress.
This year Romanian-born film director Radu Mihaileanu will make his first attempt at winning the Palme d’Or grand prize with his latest feature, “La Source des Femmes”. Mihaileanu will be competing alongside some of the world’s leading filmmakers, such as Pedro Almodovar and Lars von Trier.
It was “Train de Vie” that won Mihaileanu his international recognition with, a film that scooped multiple awards in international film festivals while “Va, vis et deviens!”, translated as “Live and Become!” received a Cesar for best screenplay in 2005. Romanian short films will also be present in this year’s Cannes Festivals, as a total of 17 short films are to be screened.
Meanwhile, the debut feature film of Romanian director Bogdan Mustata will be showcased in the Cinefoundation workshop at Cannes. Moreover, Romanian actress Maia Morgenstein plays the leading part in Roland Edyard’s debut film drafted into the Director’s Fortnight selection. Romanian-born Eva Ionescu’s feature film “My Little Princess” was also selected in the Critics’ Week lineup.
A Cannes competition regular, this year Romanian film director Corneliu Porumboiu will instead be part of the jury and will decide who will prevail in the Cinefoundation section – as well as who will scoop the Palme d’Or for short film. In recent years, Romanian filmmakers have scooped several major awards at the Cannes Film Festival, with the real high point seen in 2007 when Cristian Mungiu took home the Palme d’Or.
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