Romanian film gets Berlin International Festival nomination

Romanian director Radu Jude's latest film, 'Everybody in our family,' was selected in the Forum section of the Berlin International Festival, held between February 9 and 19 this year.

The film also appeared in the CineLink section at the Sarajevo Film Festival, and Crossroads - Co-Production Forum, organized by the Thessaloniki Film Festival – and Best Pitch Award at Sofia Meetings. 'Everybody in our family,' which takes a satirical look at the consequences of divorce, was supported by the National Center of Cinematography, Eurimages, HBO Romania, Teleclub and City Cinema. The film stars Serban Pavlu, Mihaela Sirbu, Gabriel Spahiu, Tamara Buciuceanu Botez, Stela Popescu and Alexandru Arsinel. Radu Jude was born in 1977 in Bucharest and he graduated from the University Media - Department of Film Directing. He worked as assistant director for feature films such as 'Amen,' directed by Costa Gavras and 'Death of Mr. Lazarescu,' directed by Cristi Puiu. He wrote and directed Romania's short film, 'The lamp with a Hat.' His feature film debut, 'The Happiest Girl in the World' won the Berlinale Forum CICAE Awardin 2009, the FIPRESCI prize at Sofia IFF and IFF IndieLisboa, the Golden Tower Award - European Palic IFF and the Cine-Ecole Award –ACID Program Cannes, and was nominated at over 60 film festivals around the world. Photo source: berlinale.de Alex Camburu, alex.camburu@romania-insider.com