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FREEDOM
LIBERTATE
TUDOR GIURGIU
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FREEDOM
LIBERTATE
TUDOR GIURGIU
Country
ROMANIA
language
ROMANIAN
2023 year
109 Minutes

Synopsis

In the chaotic days of the December 1989 revolution that overthrew the Communist regime in Romania, the Transylvanian city of Sibiu became the scene of a violent assault on a police unit. This quickly escalates into a bloody confrontation between soldiers, policemen, civilian protesters, and operatives of the secret police. In a desperate attempt to escape the siege, police captain Viorel is captured by the army and thrown into an empty swimming pool along with hundreds of prisoners accused of terrorism.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
Screenplay: Cecilia Stefanescu, Tudor Giurgiu
Director of Photography: Alexandru Sterian
Editor: Réka Lemhényi
Music: N/A
Sound: Andre Rigaut, Tamaś Szekely
Cast: Alex Calangiu, Catalin Herlo, Ionut Caras, Iulian Postelnicu, Alexandru Papadopol
Awards - Winner: Sarajevo FF (CICAE Award-Best Film), FF Cottbus (FIPRESCI Prize-Overall Programme), Transilvania IFF (Most Popular Romanian Film Award-Best Feature Film), Jameson CineFest Miskolc IFF (International Ecumenical Award-Best Film), Chennai IFF (World Competition Award-Feature Film), Waterloo Historical FF (Clion-Best Set and Costume Award), Arras FF (Prix de la Critique)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Sarajevo FF (Heart of Sarajevo-Best Film), FF Cottbus (Lubina- Feature Film Competition), International Crime and Punishment FF (International Golden Scale Award- Best Feature Film), Jameson CineFest Miskolc IFF (Emeric Pressburger Prize-Best Feature Film), Arras FF (Silver Atlas Award-Compétition Européenne)
Director's Biography
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TUDOR GIURGIU

Tudor Giurgiu is a Romanian filmmaker. His directorial debut feature, LOVE SICK, was selected in the Panorama section of the 2006 Berlinale and awarded at several international festivals. His short SUPERMAN, SPIDERMAN OR BATMAN (2011) won Best European Short at the 2012 edition of the European Film Academy Awards. Tudor’s second feature, OF SNAILS AND MEN, was awarded at the Warsaw International Film Festival and Valladolid International Film Festival. WHY ME? An unsettling legal thriller based on a real case of corruption in present-day Romania premiered at the 2015 Berlinale Panorama. LIBERTATE is Tudor’s fifth feature film.