BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer's family power drama has been selected unanimously by the national jury to be forwarded as Romania's submission for next year's Academy Awards. The 86th edition will take place on 2 March.
Child's Pose won the Golden Bear and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin IFF this year. Launched in Romania on 8 March, the film broke admissions records and became the most successful domestic film in the last 11 years. It is still showing in local cinemas.
Germany's Beta Cinema has sold the film to territories worldwide, although not yet in the USA, for which a deal is expected soon. Child's Pose is a 100% Romanian production of Parada Film, which is also distributing domestically.
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