Cinema Almanac: continuing transition

1 July, 2022

Radu Jude articulates his discourse, and his films alike, on the basis of two convictions. One of them can already be discovered in his first short films, produced since 2004, and more convincingly in his feature film debut, The Happiest Girl in The World (2009) – where he operates along the dogmatic lines of realist cinema1 which is brought close to its purest form possible. Continuing with his most recent feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021), which brought him the Golden Bear, which to this moment fluctuates between all of the radical opinions that it created, not just because of the award that it won and of its circulation in festivals, but also due to its documentary utility. 

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Student at UNATC, she collaborates with Film Menu Magazine. She is a comic book author, a fan of Taiwan Films and has a passion for theatre plays and stickers.