Katia Pascariu: “I have been a constant victim of society solely because I’m a woman”
I didn’t know much about Katia Pascariu before taking this interview – except what all of us who watch closely at what’s happening in the Romanian cinema know, namely that she played the main role in the multi-award-winning Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn and that she was named by The New York Times one of the best actresses of 2021, alongside Denzel Washington, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Stewart and many others. So a few days before our meeting, I asked Katia to write me some things about her, that would help me better understand her, so that we could have a flourishing conversation. Her email surprised me very much. She didn’t write only about her good side or the events and things in her life that put her in a favorable light, but also those things that we tend to hide away. I realized that she is an extremely brave person and so unapologetically herself, something that impressed me before meeting her in person. During our physical meeting, which took place in a sports hall in Tineretului Park, where we had our photo shoot for the interview, Katia was very enthusiastic and open towards our styling options or the shooting angles we had set out to try. But what I appreciated the most was our two-hours-long conversation, which transformed into the interview below. I am enthusiastically discovering more and more actresses that are self-owning, that take their destinies’ in their own hands and don’t shy away from talking openly about the malfunctioning industry they’re a part of – an industry that needs these kinds of beings the most, the ones that will make a difference. So, without any further ado, I invite you to get to know Katia through the interview that you’re about to read.
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.
