Synopsis
Overworked and underpaid Angela, drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a “safety at work video” commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts.

Crew
Screenwriter: Radu Jude
Producers: Ada Solomon, Adrian Sitaru
Co-producers: Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, Serge Lalou, Claire Dornoy, Ankica Jurić Tilić
DoP: Marius Panduru Rsc
Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound designer: Marius Leftărache
Music: Jura Ferina and Pavao Miholjevic
Art directors: Cristian Niculescu, Andreea Popa
Costume designer: Radu Jude

Make-up artist: Bianca Boeroiu

Cast
Ilinca Manolache
Ovidiu Pîrșan
Nina Hoss
Dorina Lazăr
Katia Pascariu

Production: 4 Proof Film
Co-production: Paul Thiltges Distributions, Les Films D’Ici, Kinorama, microFILM

- production supported by Centrul Național Al Cinematografiei – România, Film Fund Luxembourg, Eurimages, Arte Cofinova/19, Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Awards:

Locarno FF 2023., Locarno, Switzerland – International Competition (Concorso internazionale) – Special Jury Prize
Montclair FF 2023., Montclair, USA – Fiction Feature Competition – Best Film
Chicago IFF 2023., Chicago, USA – International Competition – Best Performance Ilinica Manolache
Gijon IFF 2023., Gijon, Spain – Albar Section – Best Film
Lisbon & Estoril FF 2023., Lisbon, Portugal – Official Competition – Special Jury Award
International Cinephile Society Awards 2024. – Best Breakthrough Performance Ilinca Manolache
Allywood Film Critics Association Awards – Top 10 Foreign Language Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2024., Boston, USA - Best Non-English Language Film
Hamburg Film Festival, 2024., Hamburg, Germany - Critics Award to Radu Jude
Gopo Awards, 2024., Romania - Gopo Award Best Actress in a Leading Role
International Cinephile Society Awards, 2024., USA - Best Breakthrough Performance to Ilinca Manolache
Octavian award for Best Film, 2024., Croatia

Festivals:

Locarno FF 2023., Locarno, Switzerland – International Competition (Concorso internazionale) – Special Jury Prize
Toronto IFF 2023., Toronto, Canada – Wavelengths programme
Montclair FF 2023., Montclair, USA – Fiction Feature Competition – Best Film
Chicago IFF 2023., Chicago, USA – International Competition – Best Performance Ilinica Manolache
CinEast 2023., Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Cinescope
Zagreb FF 2023., Zagreb, Croatia – Together Again
Black Nights FF 2023., Tallinn, Estonia – Best of Festivals
Thessaloniki IFF 2023., Thessaloniki, Greece – Special Screenings
Denver IFF 2023., Denver, USA – International Feature
Gijon IFF 2023., Gijon, Spain – Albar Section – Best Film
Lisbon & Estoril FF 2023., Lisbon, Portugal – Official Competition – Special Jury Award
Trieste FF 2024., Trieste, Italy
Palm Springs IFF 2024., Palm Springs, USA – Awards Buzz Programme
Sofia IFF 2024., Sofia, Bulgaria – Balkan Competition
New York FF 2023., New York, USA - Main Competition programme
Reykjavik IFF 2023., Reykjavik, Iceland - Open Seas programme
Vancouver IFF 2023., Vancouver, Canada
Hamburg IFF 2023., Hamburg, Germany
Black Canvas Fcc 2023., Mexico City, Mexico - Beyond the Canvas Competition programme
Viennale 2023., Vienna, Austria
Busan IFF 2023., Busan, South Korea - Icons programme
Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2023., Quebec, Canada
Bogota IFF 2023., Bogota, Colombia - Masters programme
Filmfest Ghent 2023., Ghent, Belgium
Lima Alterna IFF 2023., Lima, Peru - Emblems - Masters of cinema programme
Sao Paulo IFF 2023., Sao Paulo, Brazil - International Perspective - Brazilian programme
Mumbai IFF 2023., Mumbai, India - Special Screening programme
FIC Valdivia 2023., Valdivia, Chile - Gala Section (Masters of Contemporary Cinema)? - provjeriti programme
Film Festival Cologne 2023., Cologne, Germany
AFI FEST 2023., Los Angeles, USA - World Cinema programme
Taipei Golden Horse IFF 2023., Taipei, Taiwan
Sinema Transtopia Berlin 2023., Berlin, Germany
Janela FF 2023., Recife, Brazil
Ljubljana IFF 2023., Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kings and Queens programme
European Arthouse Cinema Day 2023., Seoul, South Korea
QCinema 2023., Quenzon City, Phillipines
Thessaloniki IFF 2023., Thessaloniki, Greece - Special Screenings programme
Auteur FF 2023., Beograd, Serbia - Brave Balkan programme
AFI Silver 2023., Silver Spring, USA
Kolkata IFF 2023., Kolkata, India
Kerala IFF 2023., Kerala, India - World Cinema programme
La Havana FF 2023., Havana, Cuba - World Contemporary Panorama programme
Kita-Kyushu IFF 2023., Kita-Kyushu, Japan
Chennai International Film Festival 2023., Chennai, India - World Cinema programme
Tbilisi International Film Festival 2023., Tbilis, Georgia
Ajanta-Ellora iFF 2024., Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India - World Cinema programme
Panorama of the European Film 2024., Cairo, Egypt
Pune International Film Festival 2024., Pune, India - Global Cinema programme
DFFB 2024., Berlin, Germany
Pancevo FF 2024., Pancevo, Serbia
Singapore Film Society 2024., Singapore, Singapore
Cinematheque Budapest - Puskin Cinema 2024., Budapest, Hungary
Vermont International Film Festival 2024., Vermont, USA
Cinefil Co - Cinematheque screening 2024., , Hungary
Hong Kong IFF 2024., Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sofia International Film Festival 2024., Aya Sophia, Bulgaria - Balkan Competition programme
Days of European Film 2024., Prague, Czech Republic
Istanbul IFF 2024., Istanbul, Turkey - Specter programme
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2024., Jakarta, Indonesia
European Film Festival Yerevan 2024., Yerevan, Armenia
ArtFilm Fest 2024., Košice, Slovakia
Philosophy FF 2024., Skopje, North Macedonia
Shanghai International Film Festival 2024., Shanghai, China - International Panorama programme
Sydney Film Festival 2024., Sydney, Australia
Jerusalem IFF 2024., Jerusalem, Israel
Summer Film School 2024., Čimelice, Czech Republic
Cinematheque Passion - retrospective 2024., , Hong Kong
Eurocine FF 2024., Quito, Ecurador
Filmz - Festival des Deutsches Kinos 2024., Mainz, Germany
GEGENkino 2024., Leipzig, Germany
Cinematik - International Film Festival Pieštany 2024., Pieštany, Slovakia
Tirana IFF 2024., Tirana, Albania
Romanian Film Week Skopje 2024., Skopje, North Macedonia
Nuremberg International Human Rights FF 2024., Nuremberg, Germany
Romanian Film Festival 2024., Budapest, Hungary
Filmclub Freiburg 2025., Freiburg, Germany