The Embassy of Romania in Washington DC with the support of the NexT Cultural Society
Presents
A Romanian Film Screening Event
IN MEMORIAM CRISTIAN NEMESCU
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
From 6:30 to 9.00 p.m.
at the CTIA building
Resources and Conservation Center Conference Room
1400 16th ST, NW (16th and P St.) 1st floor
Washington , DC 20036
Business attire
Limited seating; please RSVP at 202-2324747 ext.105 or email us at rsvp@roembus.org
In the program:
Mihai and Cristina / Mihai si Cristina
(Romania , 2001, 15 minutes)
Directed by: Cristian Nemescu
Screenwriting: Cristian Nemescu; Tudor Voican
Cast: Raluca Botez, Aurelian Barbieru
Teenager Mihai decides one night to pay a visit to Cristina, one of his classmates that he is madly in love with. On the way, he goes through a series of adventures that change him irreversibly.
Awards:
Audience Award, Best Editing Award and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The 6th Edition of the International Student Film Festival „CineMAiubit”
Audience Award the Alternative Film Festival, Targu Mures, 2002
Best International Debut Award The International Short films Festival, Sankt Petersburg
Audience Award the Milano Film Festival, 2002
The Jury Special Prize, Young European Cinema, Torun , Poland
Poveste de la scara C – Block Story
(Romania 2003; 14 minutes)
Directed by: Cristian Nemescu
Cast: Maria Dinulescu, Lucian Ciurariu
Andre is a shy teenager who’s madly in love with his neighbor Monica. He calls an erotic phone-line to ask them for seduction tips. Elevator love stories on the outskirts of Bucharest …
Awards:
6. The Best Film – „NYU International Student Film Festival”, USA ,
7. The Best Student Film – the Alternative Film Festival, Targu Mures
8. The European Film Academy Award International Film Festival, Angers, France
9. Selected in the EUROPEAN ACADEMY AWARDS, the Best Short Film category
10. Selected in the Short Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand, France
Marilena from P7/ Marilena de la P7
(Romania , 2006, 45 min.)
Directed by: Cristian Nemescu
Screenwriting: Tudor Voican, Cristian Nemescu
Cast: Madalina Ghitescu, Gabriel Huian, Aura Calarasu, Gabriel Spahiu, Andi Vasluianu
Synopsis: Andrei, a 13 year old teenager, living on Bucharest outskirts, decides one day to steal a trolleybus in order to impress Marilena, a prostitute he fell in love with. Things you do for love�
Awards:
Selected in the Cannes Film Festival 2006 – Quinzaine des Ralisateurs Section
Awarded the Best Romanian Short Film in the Transilvania International Film Festival 2006
Selected in the International Film Festival, Brooklyn (USA)
For more information, please contact:
The Embassy of Romania
Press and Cultural Affairs
1607 23rd Street NW
Washington DC 20008
Phone: (202) 332 2879 ext. 151
Fax: (202) 232 4748
E-mail: iilie@roembus.org