Trieste Film Festival
synopsis
In 1905, the sailors on the battleship Potemkin are given political asylum in Romania – an act of defiance against Russia. In 2021, a sculptor (Alexandru Dabija) wants to create an artwork inspired by the event. A comedy about art, history, memory and cinema, which film critic Andrei Gorzo describes as “a cross between a Caragiale sketch and a Mark Rappaport video essay”.
original title
POTEMKINIȘTII
international title
The Potemkinists
Country/Countries
Romania
Year
2022
Duration
18 min
screenplay
Radu Jude
director of photography
Marius Panduru
sound
Titi Fleancu, Gabi Marin
editing
Cătălin Cristuțiu
producer
Ada Solomon
vita
Radu Jude
Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. Jude's feature debut The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) was selected for more than 50 international film festivals. Titles such as Aferim!, Scarred Hearts and Everybody in Our Family followed and won multiple awards. The international premiere of The Dead Nation in Locarno 2017 marked his debut in documentary film. "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" (2018) won the Crystal Globe for Best Film in Karlovy Vary in 2018. Uppercase Print and The Exit of the Trains (co-directed with Adrian Cioflâncă), premiered in Berlinale Forum 2020. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021. Several shorts followed: Semiotic Plastic (Venice Out of Competition 2021), Caricaturana (Locarno Corti d’Autore 2021), Memories from the Eastern Front (co-directed with Cioflâncă – Berlinale Shorts 2022), The Potemkinists (Quinzaine des Realisateurs 2022).
