In 19th century Romania, Costandin, a policeman of the time and his son travel through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave.

Direction: Radu Jude

Script: Radu Jude, Florin Lazarescu

Production: Ada Solomon, Rossitsa Valkanova, Ovidiu Sandor, Ada Solomon, Jiri Konecny

Cinematography: Marius Panduru

Editing: Catalin Cristutiu

Production Design: Augustina Stanciu

Costume Design: Dana Paparuz

Sound: Dana Lucretia Bunescu

Original Score: Trei Parale

Cast: Mihai Comanoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija, Alexandru Bindea, Luminita Gheorghiu, Victor Rebengiuc, Alberto Dinache, Mihaela Sirbu, Adina Cristescu, Serban Pavlu, Gabriel Spahiu, Dan Nicolaescu, Liviu Ornea, Teodor Corban

Original Title: AFERIM!

Original Language: Romanian

Film Production Countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Czechia

Website: https://www.facebook.com/aferimfilm

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/aferimfilm

Statement of the Director/s
I don't know which psychologist said that a person is mentally healthy only if they know where they come from, where they are and where they want to go. I believe this applies to societies too, not only individuals. The Romanian society will not be truly healthy until it faces its past with honesty and lucidity – be it the recent or the remote past.
The movie AFERIM! is an attempt to gaze into the past, to take a journey inside the mentalities of the beginning of the 19th century – all epistemological imperfections inherent to such an enterprise included. It is obvious that such an effort would be pointless should we not believe that this hazy past holds the explanation for certain present issues.
"We research each period firstly for the promises they contain for the following period", says Johan Huizinga. More than anything, I want this film to be a stimulus that makes the audience question in a deeper and more systematic way the issues I was only able to bring up.

Biography of the Director/s
Born in 1977, Radu Jude graduated from the filmmaking department of Media University in 2003 and worked as an assistant director.
He directed a series of short films, among them THE TUBE WITH A HAT (2006) and ALEXANDRA (2007).
His debut feature film, THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (2009), was awarded the CICAE prize in the Berlinale Forum and selected for more than 50 film festivals.
In 2011, he directed and produced the independent feature A FILM FOR FRIENDS.
EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY (2012), his second feature film which premiered in the Berlinale-Forum, received the Heart of Sarajevo FF Award and was selected for more than 30 film festivals around the world.
His two recent short films SHADOW OF A CLOUD (2013) and IT CAN PASS THROUGH THE WALL (2014) were selected in Cannes – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
He is currently in pre-production with the feature film SCARRED HEARTS, an adaptation of Max Blecher's novel.

Filmography:
2006 THE TUBE WITH A HAT, short
2007 ALEXANDRA, short
2009 THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
2011 A FILM FOR FRIENDS
2013 EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY
2013 SHADOW OF A CLOUD, short
2014 IT CAN PASS THROUGH THE WALL, short

Awards Won
Berlin IFF: Silver Bear for Best Director
IndieLisboa: Grand Prize City of Lisbon, Canais TVCine & Séries Award
Sofia IFF: Special Mention

World Sales:
Beta Cinema
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Press:
Hi Film Productions
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Bucharest, 040505, Romania
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Phone: +40 746 499 941