World premiere of nordmedia funded documentary at Cannes 2010

Ceaucescu-docudrama runs in the Official Selection (out of competition)

Scene taken from the film

The nordmedia funded documentary film 'The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu' directed by Andrei Ujica runs in the Official Selection (out of competition) during the Cannes Film festival. The German-Romanian documentary was co-produced by Elke Peters, a producer from the Neue Mira Film based in Bremen. Director Ujica used only archive footage of the Romanian dictator and details Ceausescu’s life and the court case against him. The whole court case was documented except the moment of the execution.

Synopsis

The court case against Ceausescu

'In the end, a dictator is an artist who has been able to realise his full egotistical potential. It is largely an aesthetical question as to whether he turns out to be a Baudelaire or a Bolintineanu, or a Louis XIV, or a Nicolae Ceausescu' (Andrej Ujica). Nicolae Ceausescu's autobiography' is based on archival material and portrays recent events through the lens of an historical film; a perspective that follows the tradition of American films dealing with the traumas of the Vietnam generation.
This film uniquely synthesises montage in two interconnected ways: as part of the narrative to build scenes that cannot be drawn out from archival sources, and as part of the more conventional 'classical cut' that connects different scenes together. This landmark film points to the future of a new kind of film genre.

nordmedia at the 'German Pavilion': A Platform for the International Film Industry

The German Pavilion

The 'German Pavilion' in the International Village of the 'Marché du Film' is a popular platform where accredited festival visitors from the German and international film world can develop personal contacts and exchange news and views. Several funding institutions from germany are represented in the Pavilion. nordmedia uses the opportunity to promote the region of Niedersachsen and Bremen and to inform about co-production possibilites. 
The contact dates of the German Pavilion:
Tel.: +33 492 59 00 04
Fax: +33 492 59 00 05

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