Radu Jude wins for Romania the first Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Festival



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Radu Jude's film "I'm indifferent if we go into history as barbarians" won the Crystal Globe on Saturday, the Grand Prix of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, becoming the first Romanian production officially winner of the trophy in the Czech Republic. 19659002] "It's my indifference if in history we will enter as barbarians" received Saturday the Grand Prize of the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary worth $ 25,000. It is officially the first time that a Romanian film wins the Crystal Globe trophy

One of the oldest in the world, considered before 1989, the most important festival for films made in the socialist countries, the manifestation of Karlovy Vary often in the film "Danube Waves" directed by Liviu Ciulei. Many critics of Romanian films have reported this fact. In fact, the official record of the Czech festival does not mention any other Romanian film as the winner of the Crystal Globe before the film by Radu Jude

Currently, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the most visible festival in Central and Eastern

"I think there is an obvious influence of Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, because they made films that depended heavily on the actors and not the text." Jean-Luc Godard of his films But I think the main influence, if I could find one, comes from cinema but from literature, and I'm sure you know him in the Czech Republic because part of the History goes to Prague, is a novel by WG Sebald, who does this kind of documented historical stories about the relationship between the past and the present, using photographs in books and other elements

When I discovered Sebald he a few years ago, so much so that it seems to me to be the main influence. (…) I do not think that a film, my film, can change the way viewers think the only thing it can do is to be … I think Wittgenstein said that he saw his philosophical books as a ladder, and people climb there and then throw it away. With all my modesty, I think my movie does the same thing, it's a staircase that people can climb and then find or think of something more exciting than what I could look at. (…)

When you belong to a community, you feel responsible in a symbolic way. And if someone did something wrong, you do not want to feel guilty, you do not want to feel responsible. It may be easier from a psychological point of view to say "we did not do it". For me, I think it's more important that we all have a community and this should be a practical matter; you should not treat your community as football supporters with their team. You appear in a community but you can be critical about some aspects. I do not see any problem with that and I do not understand why people have a problem with that.

Why would it be a problem to say that some Czechs in 1945 took the Germans on a death march in which they lost thousands of lives, we now regret and we can see how that happened past and why. Because the Czechs are not guilty today of what happened in the past, they are not guilty today of the Romans or Germans of what it was. Why can not we look at what has happened, try to understand why and what we can understand. It's very simple, "he says about Radu Jude about" I'm indifferent if we go into history as barbaric "to the organizers of Karlovy Vary

Scenographer Iuliana Vilsan, who signs the costumes and production scenery, recorded on a social network immediately after hearing the news: "I love coincidences …. I told you … Today's birthday Liviu Ciulei … Today is the day of Radu Jude to win the crystal globe … Now I do not understand in the skin of joy … because that's the first feature that I'm # I have never worked … Thanks especially to the team that followed me in this adventure. "

Jude's film received Saturday afternoon and the Europa Cinemas Prize, awarded by a jury of the European network of art cinema

The Special Jury Prize composed of Mark Cousins, Zrinka Cvitesic, Marta Donzelli, Zdenek Holy and Nanouk Leopold went to the Argentine production Any Katz Sueno Florianopolis, the protagonist of this film, Mercede s Moran, received the best actress award. awarded to Moshe Folkenflik for his role in the film Geula

The best director of the prize was Olmer Omerzu, of Slovenian origin, for "Winter Flies." The jury also gave two special mentions, one for Jumpman and one for Another for "History of Love." The film East of the West went to Elizaveta Stishova's film "Suleiman Mountain." A special award from this section went to the Hungarian production "Blossom Valley." The film competition documentaries was won by "The "Putin's Witnesses" by Vitali Manski and a special award for the documentary jury awarded the film "Walden".

The 53rd edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place between June 29 and July 7 in the Czech Republic among filmmakers who received actor Tim Robbins and director Rain Man, Barry Levinson, who received trophies from Crystal Globe for their contribution to cinema [19650011]