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Mona Nicoara

Mona Nicoara

História

Mona Nicoara was born in Communist Romania and, until 1989, dedicated her early years to becoming a poet in a small, largely underground community of young writers who did not abide by the creative conventions of the Ceausescu era. She started working in film in 1997 as an Associate Producer for Children Underground (2001), which received the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Her directorial debut, Our School (2011), premiered in the US at the Tribeca Film Festival, went on to over 60 festivals worldwide, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best US Feature at SilverDocs, and was nominated for Best Eastern European Documentary at the Silver Eye Awards and for Best Romanian Documentary at the Gopo Awards. The film was released theatrically in Romania, Switzerland, and the US. Since 2014, she has been programming the One World Romania and fARAD film festivals, and since 2017 has been teaching film at NYU Tisch and Rutgers University.

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Mona Nicoara

Filmes

The Distance Between Me and Me

The Distance Between Me and Me

Director

Poet, musician, intellectual, and committed communist Nina Cassian wrestled for decades with the central contradiction of her life: how to reconcile her artistic ideals with the strict censorship imposed by Romania’s Communist Party — a tension that put her at odds with the totalitarian Ceaușescu regime and eventually led to her exile. Interweaving archival footage with firsthand interviews, this thought-provoking documentary illuminates the complex relationships between art, politics, and personal truths.

Editorial Consultant

Após um trágico incêndio em um clube romeno, em 30 de outubro de 2015, as vítimas de queimaduras começam a morrer em hospitais devido a ferimentos que não são fatais. Uma equipe de jornalistas investigativos entra em ação, descobrindo a corrupção em massa do sistema de saúde e das instituições do Estado, abordando questões sobre propaganda e manipulação que até hoje afetam não apenas a Romênia, mas também sociedades em todo o mundo.

Toto and his Sisters

Toto and his Sisters

Consulting Producer

Toto, de nove anos, vive com as irmãs adolescentes Ana e Andreea num apartamento quase inabitável nos arredores de Bucareste. Sua mãe está na prisão há quatro anos por tráfico de drogas, e seus tios usam o apartamento como local de encontro para usar e vender drogas.

Director

Three Roma children from a small Transylvanian town participate in a project to desegregate the local school, struggling against indifference, tradition and bigotry with humor, optimism and sass.