PRESS QUOTES

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“At this point, Radu Jude is working at the height of his artistic powers... [Kontinental '25] should be a breakthrough hit.”
Michael Sicinski - In Review Online

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“Radu Jude gets to the heart of the matter, once again, giving us a feature film that gives us much to talk about.”
Marcelo Paredes - Cinencuentro

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“Atop its devastating human portraiture, Kontinental ’25 functions as a snapshot of a city as fragmented and anguished as Rossellini’s Rome: Jude’s take on neo-realism, if you will, for an absurdist age.”
Guy Lodge - Variety

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“Featuring a terrific central performance by Eszter Tompa, both comic and affecting, the film will more than satisfy Jude fans but also bring reassurance to anyone who was worrying that European art cinema had lost its combative spirit.”
Jonathan Romney - Screen International

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CAST & CREW

 

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Cast - Eszter Tompa, Annamária Biluska, Marius Damian, Ilinca Manolache

Writer/Director - Radu Jude
Cinematographer - Marius Panduru

Editor - Catalin Cristutiu

Producers - Rodrigo Teixeira, Alexandru Teodorescu

Associate Producers - Adrian Chef, Ramona Grama, Andreas Roald, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Paul Thiltges

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

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Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter, who graduated from the Media University of Bucharest in 2003. Jude worked as an assistant director on Amen in 2002, directed by Costa-Gavras, and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu in 2005, directed by Cristi Puiu.

Jude went on to direct several award-winning short films, among them The Tube with a Hat in 2006, the most successful Romanian short film ever, winner of Grand prizes at Sundance and many more international festivals.

Jude’s feature film debut in 2009, The Happiest Girl in the World, won the CICAE Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize at the Sofia International Film Festival, the Prize for Best Screenplay at the Bucharest International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Prize at IndieLisboa. The film was selected in the ACID Programme at 2009 Cannes Film Festival. His second film, Everybody in Our Family in 2012, received the Heart of Sarajevo Award and the Bayard d'Or in Namur, among other awards. Radu Jude's acclaimed historical drama Aferim! in 2015 premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where he won the Silver Bear award for Best Director. His 2021 comedy drama Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, amongst numerous other accolades. His most recent film, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World was the Special Jury Prize Winner at the 76th Locarno International Film Festival.