At the 2019 edition of the Astra film festival, Dana Bunescu presented her directorial debut, co-directed in collaboration with Mona Nicoara: The Distance Between Me and Me, a documentary focused on the life and art of writer Nina Cassian, who was active during the time of the Romanian communist regime. Three years later, the filmmaker returns to the festival, this time working with director, scriptwriter and producer Cătălina Tesar on the latter’s directorial debut. In contrast to the former, The Chalice. Of Daughters and Sons doesn’t retrospectively pursue the drama of a single character, but the contemporary story of a community of Cortorar Roma living in a Transsylvanian village, deeply anchored in traditions and principles that seem to belong to a different world.

Oana Balaci

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Student and critic. She is involved in the organization of a few film festivals and cultural events and works in different filmmaking projects.

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