Festival 2009Adela and Agnetha

ADELA & AGNETHA ADELA & AGNETHA
Documentary Specification	Biography / Biografie
View Trailer / Official Website ADELA & AGNETHA ADELA & AGNETHA Adela & Agnetha Geo Scripcariu Romania 2008 31 min. Director / Photography / Editor: Geo Scripcariu Production Company: Geo Scripcariu / BT Public Relations World Distribution & Sales: BT Public Relations Address: Geo Scripcariu / BT Public Relations, Str. Sabinelor 123 Bl. 119 Suite 16, Bucharest, 050854, Romania Tel./ Fax: 0040745096191 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	GEO SCRIPCARIU M.A. in Management of Cultural Assets. B.S. in Information Technology. Master în Managementul resurselor culturale. Licenţiat în Tehnologia Informaţiei (IT).

Synopsis / Sinopsis

Adela is a Gypsy married to a Saxon from Transylvania, while Agnetha is a Saxon married to a Gypsy. They live in the same village, Mergideal, are mothers to many children and life doesn’t go easy on them. When asked “How did you meet?” they answer plainly, “It was love.” In Transylvania, there are hundreds such families, spread in the areas where Saxons used to live. The documentary film maker tells of how he went into the Transylvanian Plateau looking for Roma and Saxon mixed families. He was interested in these minorities, opposite both in origin and culture. The Gypsies remember the times when they came about and there were many Saxons and only a few Gypsy. Now it is different. What do the two ethnic groups have in common and what differentiate them? What do they learn from each other? A close look on interculturalism in Transylvania.

Adela este o ţigancă măritată cu un sas, iar Agnetha este o săsoaică măritată cu un ţigan. Locuiesc în acelaşi sat, Merghindeal, au mulţi copii şi vieţi nu tocmai uşoare. La întrebarea „Cum v-aţi cunoscut?”, ele răspund simplu: „Prin iubire”. În Transilvania mai există sute de asemenea familii, răspândite în zonele cândva locuite de saşi. Realizatorul documentarului povesteşte cum a pornit să caute, în podişul Transilvaniei, familii mixte de romi şi saşi. Era interesat de aceste două minorităţi extreme, atât ca origini, cât şi din punct de vedere al culturilor. Ţiganii îşi amintesc vremurile când au venit aici, unde erau foarte mulţi saşi şi puţini ţigani. Acum, situaţia s-a schimbat. Ce au în comun oamenii din cele două etnii şi ce au diferit? Ce învaţă unii de la alţii? O privire atentă asupra interculturalităţii din Transilvania.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Monday 26 - Hall B - 12h40 / Luni 26 - Sala B - 12h40

Films in MADE IN ROMANIA Special Program
Filme in Programul Special MADE IN ROMANIA
ABOUT IULIAN MIHU, AS HE WAS - ABOUT US, THE WAY WE ARE, Laurenţiu Damian, Romania
ADELA & AGNETHA, Geo Scripcariu, Romania
AUSTRALIA , Claudiu Mitcu, Romania
CARMEN MEETS BORAT , Mercedes Stalenhoef, Olanda
COPSA MICA, DUDU'S DARK TOWN , Remco Van Der Kruk & Wilco Leene, The Netherlands
A FANCY HOUSE , Martin Nudow & Thomas Beckmann, Germany
FAUST-THE PATH OF THE MOMENT , Laurenţiu Damian, Romania
HUMORESCA , Diana Deleanu, Romania
IN JANUARY, PERHAPS , Diogo Costa Amarante, Portugalia
THE LAST MISSION , Adelin Petrişor, Romania
THE POWER OF SUSPECTING - EGINALD SCHLATTNER AND THE SECURITATE-TRAUMA , Walter Wehmeyer, Austria
ROMANIAN VOICES - SICILY - ROMANIA ROUND TRIP , Enrico Montalbano, Ilaria Sposito, Angela Giardina, Italy
WEDDINGS, MUSIC AND VIDEO TAPES , Tudor Giurgiu, Romania

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

FILM ARCHIVE

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