The Romanian Cultural Institute in London supports the Romanian presence at the most important international documentary film festival in Great Britain, Sheffield DocFest 2024.
The short documentary Blue, written and directed by Ana Vijdea and produced by Elena Martin, has been selected to participate in the international competition and will have its world premiere at the Sheffield festival on June 13 at the Curzon Cinema in Sheffield, starting with 2:30 pm. The film will have another screening on June 15 at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield, from 1:15 p.m. Ana Vijdea's film offer an insight into the relationship between a mother and her two children. Rodica (40) and her children, Maria (14) and Patrick (18), are Romanian expats living in Belgium. Their lives focus on finding each other's coordinates in order to live balanced family life. Through a gentle, minimalist approach, the camera is close to the protagonists, sometimes alone, sometimes together, and focuses on their attempts to communicate with each other, on their silences, on the weight of their bodies. Blue is a film about love, fear, anxiety and the emotions that arise at their intersection.
The second Romanian presence at the festival is the feature-length creative documentary entitled Green Is the Fire's Tint, directed by Cristina Haneș, which is in the development stage. The film was selected to participate in the MeetMarket, a program for the film industry that involves meetings with various professionals in order to co-finance, distribute or sell films to television. The Romanian project is among the 50 films selected to be presented at MeetMarket from a total of 533 proposals.
Green Is the Fire's Tint is a collective work, directed by: Cristina Haneș (Romania), Isabella Rinaldi (Italy), Arya Roth (India) produce by NoCut Film Collective. Somi, a former rebel Maoist (Naxalite), faces a new struggle as she makes efforts to build a house, only to be thwarted by the construction of an iron mine. The Somi are leading the community in the fight against encroachment on their land, forest and indigenous heritage, but this time without weapons.
Sheffield DocFest International Documentary Film Festival presents and awards all forms of documentary – film, television, immersive and art. Now in its 31st year, Sheffield DocFest will celebrate the art of documentary and will bring together creators from around the world to Sheffield between 12-17 June 2024.
