08-01-2013

PRODUCTION: Radu Jude Developing Aferim

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    Radu Jude's "The Happiest Girl in the World" Radu Jude's "The Happiest Girl in the World"

    BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World, Everybody in Our Family) is planning a spring 2014 shoot of his third film Aferim!, a Romanian-French-Italian coproduction set in the 19th century.

    In the story, written by Florin Lăzărescu and Jude, a regional policeman and his teenage son track and catch a runaway gypsy slave. The title which translates as an ironic “Bravo!” in the Ottoman-Turkish language suggests a questioning of so-called objective historical truth, reflecting on the way values and habits are transferred from one generation to the next.

    Ada Solomon who produced Jude’s previous two features is producing through HiFilm Productions (www.hifilm.ro) in coproduction with Elie Meirovitz of France’s EZ Films (ez-films.com) and Francesco Virga for the Italian company MIR Cinematografica (www.mircinema.com). The budget is 1.4m EUR, but no money is secured yet, Solomon told FNE.

    The project is in early development and has been selected for the 30th edition of CineMart, the International Film Festival Rotterdam coproduction market, where producers will look for a sales agent. Shooting will cover approximately six weeks. “We will shoot the film in autumn or spring depending on when we secure the financing; autumn 2013 might be too early, but spring 2014 is more realistical,” Solomon told FNE. The premiere is tentatively planned for mid-2014 or spring 2015.


    Production Information
    HiFilm Productions
    7, Sfântul Ştefan st.
    023996, Bucharest, Romania
    Phone: + 4021 252 48 67
    Fax: + 4021 252 48 66
    Mobile: +40723 200 640
    www.hifilm.ro 
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    EZ Films
    14 rue Mandar
    75002 Paris, France
    ez-films.com
    Elie Meirovitz, Producer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    MIR Cinematografica
    Via Visconti di Modrone 12
    20122 Milano, Italy
    Phone: +39 02 5465 873
    Fax +39 02 97 0698 43
    www.mircinema.com 
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    Credits
    Director: Radu Jude
    Script: Florin Lăzărescu and Radu Jude