Author: Antoanela Safca
Alice Gruia in conversation
What would you ask Alice Gruia, the filmmaker of Rodicas, if you had the chance to? Get your questions ready because she’s joining us on Sunday via Skype. Alice Gruia…
Year in review
It has been a great first year of EuRaw Stories. Thank you for accepting our invitation and immersing yourself in the other Europe and making our vision possible. As a…
How to depict old age without sentimentality
Older characters can often be cliched in films: cranky and sentimental for the old times, almost inviting sympathy from audiences. Not in Rodicas. The two octagenarians don’t have time to…
Film friendships
From Thelma and Louise to Napoleon and Pedro, friendships have often been the motor that keeps a film moving. Rodica and Rodica are another example of what an impact friendships…
Timeless and meditative – cinematography in Ida
In a film environment defined by fast pace, quick cuts, compulsive dialogue and music prompting our emotional responses, Ida’s stillness comes almost as a shock. Apart from the last two…
Pawel Pawlikowski – the ‘amateur’ director who won an Oscar
I predict that by the time you will finish reading this post, you will want to know more about Pawel Pawlikowski and see all his films. My own research led…
Ida explores ‘different versions of Polishness’
Ida has been described as a masterpiece, made it on the BBC list of the 21st century greatest films, and won the first Oscar for a Polish film. Only a…
Corneliu Porumboiu – the director who makes waves
Corneliu Porumboiu, the son of a soccer referee, is one of the directors who defined the Romanian New Wave. Not often a director gets their first feature film awarded at…
What makes a hero?
‘Everybody is a revolutionary in their own way,’ says Piscoci, the retiree in 12:08 East of Europe. In a plot determined to identify a specific type of hero, his reflection…