November 11th, 2010
- In november-december 2010, the medium length OXYGEN (Romania, 2010), by ADINA PINTILIE, produced by FILMEX ROMANIA, MANEKINO FILM and CINEMA STUDIO OF ROMANIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE will be screened in 3 more film festivals: THESSALONIKI International Film Festival (3-12 December 2010, Greece), ZINEBI International Film Festival of Documentary and Short Film Bilbao (22-27 nov 2010, Spain) and CORONA CORK Film Festival( 7-14 November 2010, Ireland).
- After being world premiered in Tiger Award Short Competition of Rotterdam Film Festival 2010, OXYGEN was afterwards screened in Buenos Aires BAFICI International Film Festival, Lisbon International Independent Film Festival Indielisboa, Montpellier Mediteranean Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro International Women Film Festival, Transilvania International Film Festival etc
- Oxygen’s screenings are made possible by the support of Romanian Cultural Institute.
- SYNOPSIS
- During the communist dictatorship in Romania (1945-1989), thousands of people risked their lives in the attempt to run away from the country. Despair made them invent the most incredible methods to cross the border illegally. Some of them managed to escape, but many lost their lives in these attempts.
- OXYGEN is a free reenactment of such a real case: a man who tried to cross the Danube illegally using an oxygen cylinder.
- Yet, the facts are reinterpreted in a highly subjective vision. On the border between fiction, documentary and visual art, the film depicts an emotional landscape, a man’s inner journey towards a healing hereafter.
- CREATIVE TEAM
- Cast: Cezar Antal
- Adriana Mocca
- Gabriel Spahiu
- Rudy Rosenfeld
- Cinematographer: Marius Iacob
- Editor/Sound designer: Tudor Petre
- Set/Costume designer: Andrada Chiriac
- Director/Scriptwriter: Adina Pintilie
- Music: Cristi Lolea/ Marius Galea
- Producator: Constantin Popescu
- ADINA PINTILIE, born in 1980, has recently graduated from the National University of Drama and Film Bucharest, Romania. At the border between fiction, documentary and visual art, her work is very particular in the new Romanian cinema landscape, distinguishing itself through a highly personal visual style, daring experimenting in cinema language and uncompromising exploration of human psychology.
- Still as student, she made her debut medium length DON’T GET ME WRONG (produced by ARISTOTELES WORKSHOP, with support of ARTE, ROMANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION, TRANSILVANIA FILM, ABIS STUDIO, CNC world premiered in LOCARNO 2007 – Filmmakers of the Present Competition, included in IDFA 2007 – BEST OF FESTS selection, awarded GOLDEN DOVE BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD at DOK LEIPZIG 2007, BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD at FICCO MEXICO 2008 and selected/awarded in 50 international film festivals like: THESSALONIKI, MONTPELLIER, TRIESTE, NAMUR, DOCUMENTA MADRID, MUNCHEN, MOSCOW,SARAJEVO, SOUTH BY SOUTH EAST, FULL FRAME USA, INDIELISBOA, WARSZAW, KRAKOW etc.
- ADINA PINTILIE also made 6 short films that had been screened/ awarded in a large number of film festivals, both national and international. Her last short, SANDPIT#186, was premiered in LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008, AUTHOR’S SHORTS section and won the RUNNER UP AWARD in MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 and SPECIAL MENTION in TRIESTE ALPE ADRIA 2009.
