ICR supports Romanian presence at Berlinale 2017

     The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) hosted on 23 January 2017, at its headquarters at 38 Aleea Alexandru, a press conference dedicated to Romanian participation to the Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale 2017.

     Among the participants were film critic Iris Lackner (Israel), the chairman of the Romanian Cultural Institute, Radu Boroianu, director of photography Andrei Butică, actors Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti and Adrian Titieni, co-screenwriters Cezar Paul-Bădescu and Iulia Lumânare, producer Oana Iancu, actor Tudor Aaron Istodor, directors Ioana Mischie and Alina Sălcudeanu (CNC). The talks were moderated b Cristina Liberis, deputy general secretary of ICR.
     At this year's edition to be carried out between 9-19 February 2017, the Romanian Cultural Institute is supporting the Romanian participation for the feature-length film Ana, mon amour (directed by Călin Peter Netzer, a film selected in the competition) and for the project Căprioara/Deer (directed by Bogdan George Apetri, producer Oana Iancu; the film is a participant to the Co-production Market). At Shooting Star, a programme carried out within the Berlin Film Festival, the actor Tudor Aaron Istodor will be a participant, and for the Berlinale Talents, the following were selected: Alexandru Potocean (actor), Ioana Mischie (director), Andra Popescu (producer), Carmen Tofeni (director of photograpy), Matei Truță (distributor) and Monica Stan (screenwriter). ICR is also sponsoring the Romanian stand at the European Film Market, and the publishing of the catalogue Romanian Films.
     The latest feature by director Călin Peter Netzer, Ana, mon amour, was selected in the official competition of the Festival. The film is a free adaptation of the novel by writer Cezar Paul-Bădescu, Luminița, mon amour, “an irony addressed to the world we live in and to the way it sees nervous diseases and tries to offer solutions, most of them ridiculous”, as Cezar-Paul Bădescu, author of the volume and co-writer of the film stated. Iulia Lumânare (co-screenwriter) mentioned that “we did not intend to make a film about psychoanalysis, but a psychoanalytical one”. Director of photography Andrei Butică told us about his joy in working for this production, and the actors having the leading roles, Mircea Postelnicu and Diana Cavallioti, talked about the way they built their characters and the way they needed an introspection period and having to go to a professional psychoanalyst. Actor Adrian Titieni, who played in the film the role of the shrinks, sees this production as “a mirror of each and every one of us and, in the same time, as a starting point toward knowing our own identity”.