Happy feat

Directed by Radu Jude and co wrriten by Augustina Stanciu,this is also the first full-length film of the duo who have previously made short films and documentaries. Based on a real incident which the director encoutered in 2005,the story was first written as a short film and later made into a 100-minute film. “The story has Delia,the protagonist who,in sorrow,cries perpetually and does not respond to anything. She is being persuaded by her parents to be off the new car which she is awarded through a contest. Then,an expensive car was the first thing people in Romania bought when money was accesible given the hardships under the communist regime. It is shot in Bucharest the capital and surrounding villages which have gone through the regime for decades until a few years back and potrays its impact on the family,”adds Stanciu who is currently in the city at the festival.

Shot in 20 days and funded primarily by the state,Stanciu says education in cinema has a long way to go in the country that is now seeing globalisation. Reminiscing about her earlier days the young writer,who is also the production designer of the film says,“As a child I remember living in poverty till around 1989 when the reforms started. However,people indulged in a lot of writing and reading since there was not much to do although education was always there. Conversely I want to write more films on the current condition and the changes that have occurred in the country after being a part of the European Union rather than the stories of the past.”

PIFF 2010

E-Square (Screen – 5)

12.00 noon: Huacho,directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras,

3.00 pm: The stranger in me (Das fremde in mir) directed by Emily Atef,Germany

5.15 pm: Who is afraid of the wolf ( Kdopak by se vlka bál) directed by Mária Procházková,Czech Republic

E-Square (Screen -1)

9.00 am: The blessing (Velsignelsen) directed by Heidi Maria Faisst,Denmark

12.00 noon: Kerala café directed by Shyamaprasad,Jose,Shaji Kailas,Unnikrishnan,Revathy,Anvar Rasheed,Padmakumar,Ali Menon

E-Square (Screen – 3)

9.15 am: Calm and count to seven (Aram bash va haft beshmar ) directed by Ramtin Lavafipour,Iran

12.15 pm: Zindagi ek safar (The legend Kishore Kumar) directed by Sandip Ray

3.15 pm: Gone shopping directed by Li Lin Wee,Singapore

City Pride (Screen – 1)

9.00 am: Guard no 47 (Hlidac c 47) directed by Filip Renc,Czech Republic

12.00 noon: Katlin Varga,directed by Peter Strickland,Romania-UK Hungary

City Pride (Screen 4)

3.00 pm: Paangira,directed by Rajeev

6.00 pm: Well (Vihir) directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni,India

City Pride (Screen – 3)

9.15 am: Island Etude (Lian xi ku) directed by Huai-en Chen,Taiwan

12.15 pm: The tribunal sturm,directed by Hans-Christian Schmid,Germany

3.15 pm: The living ghost (Jianta bhoota) directed by Prashanta Nanda,India

6.15 pm: The man’s woman and other stories (Aadmi ki aurat aur anya kahaniya) directed by Amit Dutta

Fame (Screen – 1)

9.00 am: Fresh air (Friss levego) directed by Ágnes Kocsis,Hungary

12.00 noon: Bad day to go fishing (Mal dia para pescar) directed by Alvaro Brechner,Spain-Uruguay

3.00 pm: Memories (Pai te sumbaran) directed by Gajendra Ahire,India

6.00 pm: The candidate (Kandidaten) directed by Kasper Barfoed,Denmark

9.00 pm: On the ropes (Dans les cordes) directed by Magaly Richard-Serrano,France

NFAI Kothrud

11.00 am: Devdas,directed by Bimal Roy,India

2.00 pm: Aradhana,directed by Shakti Samanta,India