Corruption Documentary Brings Oscar Hopes To Romania
Faizan Hashmi Published April 11, 2021 | 12:30 PM
Bucharest, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Apr, 2021 ) :With a shot at two Oscars, Romanian cinema "has proven its worth," said director Alexander Nanau, whose documentary became the country's first nominated for the prestigious award.
"Collective", which recounts the corruption and incompetence in Romania's healthcare system in the aftermath of a 2015 deadly nightclub fire, has been nominated for both best documentary and best international feature film.
"If I win, the whole Romanian film industry will benefit" from this impetus, the bespectacled 41-year-old filmmaker with a salt-and-pepper beard told AFP in an interview.
He said he had felt "great joy" when he learned in mid-March that his film had been selected and was planning to attend the ceremony in Hollywood on April 25.
- 'New wave' - While an Oscar has so far escaped Romania, its movies have shone at international festivals for the past decade thanks to a "new wave" of filmmakers whose works have dealt with the realities of the Eastern European country's post-communist transition.
"Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" by Radu Jude, highlighting social hypocrisy, won the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival in March, three years after the success of "Touch me not" by Adina Pintilie.
Nanau says he is "100 percent" indebted to famous Romanian filmmakers, such as Cristi Puiu, Corneliu Porumboiu or Cristian Mungiu.
"It is obvious that there is a lot of talent in Romania and that, despite the obstacles (such as low funding), a handful of filmmakers are working hard to reach a high professional level," says the director.
"Collective" has already won the European Film Award for best documentary, while the US National Society of Film Critics awarded it best foreign language film.
Former US President Barack Obama included "Collective" on his list of favourite films from 2020.
Nanau's previous documentaries -- forays into the lives of the marginalised -- have also already received international awards.
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