Alternative TIFF 2010 Picks: #5. Andrei Ujica’s The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

Date:

September 6, 2010

#5. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

Director: Andrei Ujica
Distributor: Rights Available.

Buzz: If you’re like me and have been moved by the auteur Romanian cinema of not even the past decade, then you might want to plunge into this three hour documentary film which focuses on the man who was the source for fifteen years of misery in this country. The pic preemed in an Out of Comp slot in Cannes and will surely receive love from festival programmers who’ve been promoting the likes of Corneliu Porumboiu, Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu and Catalin Mitulescu.

The Gist: The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.

TIFF Schedule: Thursday September 16 5:30:00 PM AMC 10
Friday September 17 5:00:00 PM AMC 9

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Eric Lavallée https://www.ericlavallee.com

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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