18-04-2014

PRODUCTION: Aferim! Set for Shooting Mid-June

By
    Director Radu Jude Director Radu Jude HiFilm Productions

    BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's 1.4 m EUR film Aferim! has received 180,000 EUR from Film und Medienstiftung in advance of its mid-June 2014 production start.

    The project is produced by Ada Solomon through HiFilm Productions in coproduction with Elie Meirovitz of France’s EZ Films, Bulgaria’s Rossitsa Valkanova, owner of Klass Film and Steve German through Germany's Gringo Films.

    Aferim! is also supported by the National Centre for Cinema, Bulgarian National Film Centre, MEDIA Programme, Eurimages, with the contribution of HBO Europe.

    In the story written by Jude and Florin Lăzărescu and set in the 19th century 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. Marius Panduru is the DoP. The premiere is set for 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.

    Klas Film
    156, 'Kniaz Boris I' Str.
    Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
    Phone: +359 2 981 53 43
    Fax: +359 2 981 53 44
    www.klasfilm.com
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    And for the credits:
    GRINGO films GmbH
    Neue Maastrichter Straße 12-14
    50672 Cologne
    Germany
    Phone:+49 221 1689 7162
    Fax: +49 221 1684 2659
    http://gringo-films.com

    Credits
    Director: Radu Jude
    Script: Radu Jude, Florin Lăzărescu
    DoP: Marius Panduru
    Costume designer: Dana Păpăruz
    Art director: Augustina Stanciu