Each year, from July and until early October, Old Man Ionaș spends his nights guarding by himself the corn field from the boars who threaten to eat his only means of earning a living. The biggest danger is falling sleep. Ionaș knows that when he sleeps he is not aware of what is happening around him, unless he is dreaming. The conflict arises from an inner turmoil
brought by recurrent dreams of his father. The documentary was directed by Dragoș Hanciu, the cinematography by Ileana Gabriela Szasz and the editing by Maria Bălănean. The award amounting to EUR 2,000 is sponsored by Farmexim.
“We shot for 12 nights, during 2 weeks. After breakfast, we slept for a few hours, than we watched the filmed material and, if we did not go back to shooting, we started editing. At this pace, we almost missed the workshop. (…) I am happy I took part to it, I felt it like that semester I had never had during film school, only concentrated in a single month,” Dragoș Hanciu said.
“Aristoteles Workshop was a sum-up of searching, how you share your vital space with other people, how you socialise, what do you do when you are by yourself. How you get to know and understand both the people you work with, and those you shoot at the same time. How you climb up and down a hill in the dark, after hours of shooting, without losing your mind. How you accept your mistakes, learn to trust, how to tell a story you discovered in only a few weeks,“ lleana Gabriela Szasz stated.
Maria Bălănean, asked about her Aristoteles experience, answered: “You get there and you feel challenged, you go from anger to happiness, to satisfaction, frustration, emotion, uncertainty, drunkenness. And you make a film and win the prize, as if making friends and learning stuff wasn't enough.”
At Aristoteles Workshop
5 teams were set up who made
five documentaries.
Wherever the Apple Fell (directed by Alex Badea, cinematography Ivan Koroman, editing Delia Oniga) follows Ghiță, who leaves the monastery and moves to a trailer house.
Sincerely Yours (directedby and cinematography Sakari Suuronen, editing Ruxandra Pintilie) is a look on the daily village life, portraying a farmer who found a way to make time stand still.
Plan B (Marina Cracana and Piero Di Silverio) shows two documentary film makers in their desperate attempt to find a story in Cavnic town, where nothing ever happens. In
It’s Been Written (Liliana Constantin and Diana Rusu), the key is a murdered shepherd, and we have to use it to try to unlock the door to a community trapped between Heaven and Earth.
Details at:
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