Weeks after wrapping the shoot for her second feature, Amid Waters (see the news), Romanian actress-screenwriter-director Alina Grigore will world-premiere her first feature, Blue Moon [+lee también:
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Known for writing (and playing the main part in) Adrian Sitaru’s Illegitimate [+lee también:
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Blue Moon is an independent production, made with no funds at all from the Romanian National Film Center. It was produced by Gabriela Suciu for InLight Center, in co-production with Romanian outfits Atelier de Film, Forest Film, Smart Sound Studios and Avanpost. The film participated in various development programmes – for example, the FEST - Pitching Forum Workshop in Portugal, Plot – Professional Script Lab and LIM – Less Is More – and the co-production markets HAF Hong Kong, Berlinale Co-Production Market and FEST - Pitching Forum.

Ioana Flora, Vlad Ivanov, Emil Măndănac, Mircea Silaghi, Ilinca Neacşu and Robi Urs play supporting characters in the movie.

“The film does not provide solutions to the vicious circle of aggression. I think it is more of a discourse of revenge, of decompression. It does not touch at all on the possibility of escaping the victim mentality, but rather seeks to provide a certain experience of Irina’s emotions. In order to be able to accurately present these emotions, I often chose, in the editing, to give up on the logical course of the story and make it relevant for the audience from the perspective of a very intimate experience,” the director says in the film’s press kit.

Blue Moon is represented by German world sales agent Patra Spanou Film. The domestic release is scheduled for 5 November, and Follow Art Distribution is the film’s Romanian distributor.

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