holiday at the seaside
This Romanian director living in Budapest managed to direct a film in which we’re served all those elements for which we praise Romanian cinema every time we get to see its films. A seemingly mundane situation, which makes the story even more easy to grasp, life-like dialogue and authentic acting. All this through Grosan’s fine, sensitive, feminine direction. It’s very likely there’s no male director out there who would’ve made a film on this theme, in this way.
-Eszter Papp Origo Filmklub, March 24, 2014
synopsis Amalia, a girl of thirteen, gets her first period one day before leaving for the seaside with her family. Having a distant relationship with her parents, she decides to take care of this sensitive issue on her own. But the parents have a secret of their own.
click to watch the 1 min. excerpt.
main cast
character: Amalia actress: Mara Purza
character: mother actress: Andreea Elena Vasile
character: father actor: Stefan Statnic
technical specs production: Bosnia & Herzegovina/Romania/Hungary year: 2013 duration: 16 min. language: Romanian shooting format: digital 5K sound: stereo 5.1. projection format: DCP, BluRay, DVD, Apple ProRes 2K/HD RATIO: 2.55:1 SUBTITLES: English or Hungarian
crew & production director: Cristina Grosan writers: Cristina Grosan, Stefan Statnic Director of photography: Akos Nyoszoli Editing: Anna Meller music: Marci Kristof, Balint Szabo sound: Gabor Erdelyi, Sloven Anzulovic Produced by: Obala Art Centar, Sarajevo PRODUCERS: Dora Nedeczky, Dragana Jovanovic, Luka Venturin contact: dora@mindwax.eu PRODUCTION HOUSE: ivana.pekusic@sff.ba SALES: Jan Naszewzki/New Europe Film Sales jan@neweuropefilmsales.com www.neweuropefilmsales.com
achievements/awards *the Atlantic Group Award for “Best Short Film� at the 19 Sarajevo Film Festival *Special Mention for Best Fiction Film in the International Competition at Nordic Youth Film Festival *project selected for pitching at the EuroConnection CoProduction Forum at the Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival *project selected for development and financing in the framework of the Sarajevo City of Film programme
festival screenings -Sarajevo international film festival -clermont-ferrand international short film festival (collections section) -Helsinki international film festival -zagreb international film festival -Manlleu international short film festival -Nordic youth film festival -mediterranean international film festival -friss hus budapest last update: July 11.
news coverage Screen Daily (ENG):
http://www.screendaily.com/news/short-wins-director-feature-funding-at-sarajevo/5059365.article?blocktitle=LATEST-SARAJEVO-NEWS&contentID=40735
Sarajevo Times (ENG):
http://www.sarajevotimes.com/winner-of-atlantic-group-award-is-romanian-director-cristina-grosan/
Business Review (ENG/RO):
http://business-review.eu/featured/romanian-movie-holiday-at-the-seaside-won-sarajevo-city-of-film-award/
reviews Index.hu (HU) http://index.hu/kultur/cinematrix/2014/03/26/friss_hus/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=index Origo (HU) http://www.origo.hu/filmklub/blog/osszeallitas/20140324-most-a-kicsi-magyarok-mutatnak-nagyot-friss-hus-2014-elobb-adtam-ischler-jatszotarsak.html Divany (HU): http://divany.hu/stilfuresz/2014/03/31/friss_hus_rovidfilmfesztival/ last update: July 11.
director’s bio cristina grosan
*Nominated for the 2014 Film Prize Germany/Eastern Europe by the Robert Bosch Foundation *selected for the 2014 European Short Pitch *2013 Atlantic Group award for Best Short film, 19 Sarajevo Film Festival *Sarajevo City of Film alumna, 2013 film residency *Berlinale and Sarajevo Talent Campus 2011
After a four year course at the Faculty of Theatre & Television at the Babes Bolyai University, Romania, focusing on documentary and short fiction, Cristina continued her studies with an MA at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art, Budapest, directing several shorts that traveled the European festival circuit. Her most recent short, “Holiday at the Seaside” piremiered at the 19. Sarajevo Film Festival, winning the grand prize in its category. Cristina is currently working on “Opening”, a short film focusing on the hidden world of sex chat. “Opening” is nominated for the 2014 Film Prize Germany/Eastern Europe by the Robert Bosch Foundation, and was also selected for the European Short Pitch, organized by NisiMasa. She is also in post-production with “Designed”, a short segment from “Happy New Year” (BUEK), a feature-length omnibus documentary examining how Hungarians chose to spend their last day of 2013 and first moments of 2014, in an attempt to take a snapshot of the current state of the country. The film is due to be released in Hungarian cinemas in December 2014. Most recently, Cristina was a Jury member at the Romanian Film Days/shorts at the Transilvania IFF. On the long term, she is working on a first feature film project, “A Coat of Gold” telling the story of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer who refuses surgery.
director’s filmography Opening 20 min, 2014 (pre-production) *won the TIFF 2014 Film Grant *nominated for the 2014 Film Prize for International Cooperation by the Robert Bosch Foundation *selected for development at the European Short Pitch programme *awarded preproduction funds by FilmJus Hungary Happy New Year! (segment “Designed”), 2014, documentary feature-length film, (post-production) Holiday at the Seaside, 16 min, 2013 (*won the Sarajevo City of Film grand prize at the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival) Carry Me Away 14 min, 2013 (MA graduation film) Sputnik 11 min, 2010 (BA graduation film) Express Delivery Service 11 min, 2009
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