Adrian Sitaru: King of Romanian Short Films

“For an outstanding and unpretentious way of dealing with the subject. For the simplicity of execution, but also for very complex performances of the actors, which enabled the real persons to appear on screen”, Adrian Sitaru’s The Cage has won the Short Film Competition at Warsaw Film Festival.

After a showing at TIFF, another Romanian film that impressed the jury was Bogdan George Apetri’s Periferic (Outbound), which grabbed the Special Jury Award for the screenplay written by Apetri and Tudor Voican. It also nabbed the prestigious FIPRESCI Award. Ana Ularu (who we profiled here) received a Special Mention for her performance in Apetri’s drama. The jury called the film and performance “a truthful and honest film, with great strength and integrity”.

It seems that Adrian Sitaru’s work is very much appreciated as of late, the award in Warsaw comes one week after winning the Bayard d’Or for Best Short film at 25th Namur International Francophone Film Festival. The Romanian director is currently preparing his next pair of shorts: High Definitions and Cheful (The Party). Early last month, he started filming his second feature: From Love, with Best Intentions, that, most probably, will have the official release in the Fall of 2011.