Good news from December 1st: International press talks about serious possibilities that Romania could be nominated for an Oscar for the first time | News, News Romania | Freedom

• Home is eligible for the Documentary Film category and Collective for two categories: Documentary Film and International Film, which represents Romania.
• For now, the two Romanian films are on the long list of hundreds of films, with a huge competition, of which the short list of 10 films will be announced first in February 2021, and in March the 5 Oscar nominations, for each category.
• The gala is scheduled for April 25 in Los Angeles, California.

“Collectively, a new double Oscar nomination for Best International Documentary and Film?” Writes American cinema forecast and news site, Golden Derby. The site is reminiscent of the Macedonian documentary Honeyland, which last year managed to be nominated in both categories, without winning an award.

The film in the international category represents the country

Even these days, publication Indiewire ranked Colectiv in 3rd place in the top 20 films of 2020, and Time magazine places the documentary directed by Alexander Nanau in 2nd place in its traditional Top 10 list of films of the year.

In the case of Romania, the expectations and the meaning of the 93rd edition of the Oscars are all the more loaded as, in the last decade and a half, the work of some young wave directors, such as Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, Corneliu Porumboiu or Călin Netzer, received accolades from the global world of film art, but failed to attend the American Film Academy awards gala.

This year, Romania, through the autonomous commission of experts within the CNC, has decided that the collective documentary, directed by Alexander Nanau, will be the country’s proposal for the 2020 Cinema Oscars. It is the first time that a documentary takes the risk of our cinematography.

By comparison, Poland has 12 nominations and one Oscar, Iran has 3 nominations and 2 Oscars, and Switzerland has 5 nominations and 2 Oscars.

Lina and Antoaneta, the two women who participate in the success

Another category in which the international press believes Romania has a chance to be nominated this year is that of documentary films. Established in 1941, awards for documentaries are ongoing, the only year in which no Oscars have been awarded in this category is 1946.

In both teams an important role was played by two former journalists. Lina Vdovîi, an independent journalist, awarded throughout her career for her materials covering topics related to migration, conflict zones, poverty, education and social integration, is a screenwriter for Acasă.

While, for the documentary Colectiv, co-screenwriter was Antoaneta Opriș, a former BBC Romania journalist.

“At home, a beautiful story told”

At home, a story about the wild family of the Văcărești delta urban area received the first prize, The Golden Horn, at the Krakow Festival in Poland.

The documentary presents “a complex story presented from the point of view of the children of a Roma family. It is rare for a documentary like this to successfully analyze and explore so many important aspects of the human condition in one well-told story, “said the Polish jury.

“A great job to illustrate the difference between generations”

The international distinctions for the home are significant. The documentary also won the Special Jury Prize at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize for Image in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at DOK.fest Munich, Germany.

AIPT journalists write about the film: “At home it is a beautiful and intense watch! Great work to illustrate the difference between generations and how people cope with change. It shows how close the family lives to the bustling city, despite being completely separated from it. The documentary describes the extent of the change “.

At home he tells the universal story of progress over tradition. Of the gentrification that pervades the poor areas of the world. Among those who, as a result, are disinherited or homeless. Radu Ciorniciuc’s documentary tackles the difficult issue through the eyes of an often problematic family.

Mafia:

AIPT Comics reporter Nathaniel Muir says of Acasă it is “visually striking. Director Radu Ciorniciuc does a great job of showing the differences between the two worlds, “and CounterPunch’s Louis Proyect describes it as” a brilliant work by director Radu Ciorniciuc “.

“The documentary offers a clear picture of life on the fringes of Romanian society for a single family. Ciorniciuc presents their progress in a true way, letting ambivalence remain in the foreground, so that we can see both the positives and the negatives. of what happens in the family as it faces the future ”is the review produced by Amber Wilkinson of Eye For Film.

This year’s best documentary of the contest is complete, full of passion and love for the characters and the story, with lots of funny and sad moments woven into super professional stories.

Jury of the Brussels Festival on the house:

Collective: With 95 out of 100 on Metacritic, it’s the second most popular film of 2020

For its part, Colectiv, which launched in the UK, the US and Canada on the same day, November 20, has attracted the attention of dozens of the world’s leading titles since its launch last year at the Venice Film Festival.

Recently, not only The New York Times, Washington Post or The Guardian, along with dozens of cultural magazines, but also financial publications such as Forbes, Financial Times and The Economist have given space and evaluations to the story of the Romanian film about suffering and humanity. of Colectiv victims, corruption in the health sector and the way journalism serves the public.

On Metascore, a site that organizes chronicles of important publications, Nanau’s film has a score of 95 out of a maximum of 100 as of 1 December 2020.

“Cthe bold compassion of the Romanian people “

The chronicles show the courage of the sources who told reporters about the abuse and corruption in the Romanian state system. On the other hand, the Romanian investigative press and the civilization of the citizens are praised.

Spectrum Culture, a webzine founded in Portland, USA, with the mission of an irreverent online music and film magazine, notes that the documentary Colectiv speaks of the “bold compassion of the Romanian people in persisting for the whole truth to be revealed.”

The one who writes the oldest magazine in the world

A few days ago, curatorial The Spectator in the UK, the oldest unbroken English-language magazine in the world, dating back to 1828, published a chronicle of Alexander Nanau’s film, the fourth documentary in the 41-year-old director’s career.

The film has enormous imminence, propulsion and resonance: should money take precedence over human lives?

The Spectator, UK on the Collective documentary:

More than 60 countries have already announced their candidates to compete for Oscar nominations for Best International Film. The full list of national applications is here.