Radu Jude was born in Bucharest in 1977. He studied film directing at the Media University in Bucharest and began his career making shorts, television programs, and music videos. His feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), won several international […]

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Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has built a reputation for making films confronting history, technology, and national mythology. His latest film, Dracula, is perhaps his most audacious provocation yet: a 170-minute, 14-segment epic that weaponizes artificial intelligence, iPhone footage, and absurdity […]

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One film that made an unexpected splash on the fall festival circuit, which made it one of the most anticipated films of the year, is Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World. His newest […]

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Cannes Palme d’Or-winning Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu is known for his intimately harrowing examinations of society and policy, as seen in his previous masterpieces 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Beyond the Hills, and Graduation. The attendees at Cannes […]

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