Radu Jude

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Radu Jude
Radu Jude at the 2020 IFFR
Born (1977-03-28) 28 March 1977 (age 47)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Alma materMedia University of Bucharest
Occupation(s)Director
Screenwriter
Years active2002–present

Radu Jude (Romanian: [ˈradu ˈʒude]; born 28 March 1977) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

In 2003, Jude graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Media University of Bucharest. He worked as an assistant director for feature films including

Brussels, Mediawave, Kraków, Almería, Valencia, Uppsala and selected, among others, at Toronto, Telluride, New Directors/New Films Festival, Tampere, Rotterdam. His short films Dimineața (2007) and Alexandra (2007) were selected in over 30 festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, San Francisco, Cottbus, and Oberhausen (where he won the Grand Prix). Jude also directed over 100 commercials.[1]

CICAE Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Award ( International Federation of Film Critics ) at the Sofia International Film Festival, the Prize for Best Screenplay at the Bucharest International Film Festival and FIPRESCI Prize at IndieLisboa. The film was selected in ACID Programme at 2009 Cannes Film Festival
.

In 2011, he directed and produced the independent Film pentru prieteni. His feature film

Namur, among other awards.[3]

Jude's

Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards reaching the short list but was not nominated.[6]

Jude returned to the

Berlinale as a world premiere. The film festival also featured his documentary film Ieșirea trenurilor din gară, co-directed with Adrian Cioflâncă.[9]

Jude won the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn.[10]

An English-language monograph on Jude's work was published in 2023: Beyond the New Romanian Cinema: Romanian Culture, History, and the Films of Radu Jude, by Andrei Gorzo and Veronica Lazăr.

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Jude signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[11][12][13]

Filmography

Director

Writer

Assistant director

Producer

  • Alexandra (2006)
  • Film pentru prieteni (2011)
  • Trece și prin perete (2014)

References

  1. ^ "Radu Jude". Cinemagia (in Romanian).
  2. ^ "Radu Jude, regizor: "Mă influențează viața mea și a celor din jur"". Adevărul (in Romanian). 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Radu Jude". Festival Scope. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  4. Hollywood Reporter
    . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (14 February 2015). "Aferim! wins the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ Linden, Sheri (21 January 2016). "Aferim!, Romania's entry for the Foreign Language Academy Awards won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. Screen Daily
    . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  8. ^ Cardamenis, Forrest (15 November 2021). "The Horror and Humor of Romania's Dictatorship". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ Obenson, Tambay (20 January 2020). "Iesirea trenurilor din gara, by Radu Jude and Adrian Cioflanca". IndieWire. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  10. ^ "The Prizes of the International Jury". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  12. ^ Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

External links

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