San Sebastian 2021: Interview with the crews of the films Blue Moon & Mikado
I first visited San Sebastian in 2018, when I worked up the courage to go (completely) alone on my first trip to a foreign city, out of the desire to explore the major European film festivals – and I started with San Sebastian Film Festival, where I promised myself that I would return, even though it's a long way from Romania. Here we are in 2021, a year in these challenging times we live in that won't be forgotten too soon, but which felt like the right moment to have my second visit to the festival. With a selection of over 80 films – including four Romanian productions (two short films and two features) – in 6 competitive sections, the SSIFF program this year hasn't lacked in variety, but post-pandemic, the festival does not look the same – although each film has five screenings, cinemas are open only at half capacity and booking tickets is a constant marathon. However, I enjoyed every screening I could attend and I took the opportunity to have a brief conversation with the director of Marocco/Mikado - Emanuel Pârvu, and the protagonists of Crai Nou/Blue Moon (directed by Alina Grigore) - Ioana Chițu and Mircea Postelnicu.
Film producer and founder of ADFR, she dreamed since she was little of having a magazine one day. Alongside her job as editor-in-chief, she writes the interview of the month. She loves animals, jazz music and films festivals.
