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Ion Bostan


  • Documentary Director, Screenwriter and Cinematographer
  • Born: 15.12.1914 in Chernivtsi (Ukraine)
  • Died: 29.05.1992 in Bucharest
Angajat în 1945 la Oficiul Național Cinematografic și „Romfilm”. Debutează ca regizor în 1949 cu scurtmetrajul documentar Un minut. Din 1950 la Studioul Alexandru Sahia” timp de patru decenii.
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Known for:

Festivals / Awards

  • 1950
Marianskie Lazne Un minut Honorary Diploma
  • 1956
Damasc The Skylark Silver Medal
  • 1957
Roma The City of Hystros „Silver Robot” - Second Prize
  • 1958
Paris Doina Oltului Grand Prize
  • 1960
Montevideo Mărturii despre Enescu Mention
  • 1961
Vancouver The Water-lily Lake Honorary Mention
  • 1963
Cannes - Festival Films for Young People Voronetz Excellence Diploma
  • 1964
Mamaia Under the Wing of the Eagle Premiul pentru cel mai bun film de ştiinţă popularizată
  • 1965
Montevideo _ Festival of Documentary and Experimental Films Under the Wing of the Eagle Special Mention
  • 1965
Bruxelles - International Week of Folklore and Touristic Films Among the Pelicans
  • 1967
Montreal Winter Guests Diploma of Honour
  • 1968
Teheran The Sarmatian Sea - The Black Sea Second Prize
  • 1969
Novi Sad Hystrios, Heracleea and the Swans Best director
  • 1970
Rio de Janeiro The Heron - a Reptile Bird First Prize
  • 1971
Milano Pădurea scufundată "Perla TV '71" Award
  • 1972
ACIN Pădurea scufundată Premiul pentru film ştiinţific
  • 1973
Teheran Pădurea scufundată
  • 1973
ACIN Pescăruşi cu aripi curate Premiul pentru imagine scurtmetraj
  • 1975
ACIN Robinson, de bună voie Premiul pentru scurtmetraj documentar
  • 1976
ACIN The Storks Come Back Premiul pentru film ştiinţific
  • 1979
ACIN Marele Premiu pentru contribuţia la dezvoltarea filmului documentar românesc
  • 1982
Cartagena The Giant Sturgeon Special mention
  • 1983
ACIN Wings Flapping Everywhere Premiul pentru film ştiinţific
  • 1983
Cartagena In the Green Underwater Jungle Best Short film
  • 1987
ACIN When the Birds Gather
Coloured Plumage
Jury special prize for documentary
  • 1987
Santarem The Pelicans Come Back Third Price
  • 1988
ACIN Voices in the Thicket Best Documentary

Filmography

Director / Screenwriter

Aur de Voroneţ

1992

Splendoarea frescelor sfinte

1991

Soarele azi

1990

Protected Birds

1989

There Where the Falcon and the Hawk Fly

1988

Voices in the Thicket

1988

Coloured Plumage

1987

When the Birds Gather

1987

The Cormorants Were Flying By…

1986

The Stone Whale

1985

When Waterlilies Bloom

1985

The Pelicans Come Back

1985

Oak-trees and Lianas

1984

In the Green Underwater Jungle

1983

Wings Flapping Everywhere

1983

The Storks Come Back

1976

Robinson de bună voie

1975

Universul, insule, galaxii

1975

Satul cu lebede

1974

Dracula — legendă și adevăr

1973

Pădurea scufundată

1972

People and Places

1971

The Origin of a World

1970

Alone Among the Pelicans

1970

The Heron - a Reptile Bird

1970

Sturgeons Are Fished During Storms

1969

Hystrios, Heracleea and the Swans

1968

The Sarmatian Sea - The Black Sea

1966

Pîrvu Mutu, the Church-painter

1965

My Friend Max

1965

Dracul cu scripca

1964

Under the Wing of the Eagle

1963

The Unknown Delta

1963

The Church in Voronetz

1962

Printre pelicani

1962

Water-lily Lake

1959

Jad, cuarț, agată

1959

Livenii lui Enescu

1958

Bucharest of the Old Times

1957

The Massacre of the Innocents

1956

The City of Hystros

1956

Theodor Aman

1956

Doina Oltului

1956

Ciocârlia

1955

The Painter Nicolae Grigorescu

1955

Baia Mare

1953

Un minut

1949

The Queen’s Flower

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1946

Production manager

The Queen’s Flower

1946