Festival 2009My Beautiful Dacia

MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA DACIA, DRAGOSTEA MEA
Documentary Specifications	Biography / Biografie
View Trailer / Official Website MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA DACIA, DRAGOSTEA MEA Dacia, dragostea mea Julio Soto & Stefan Constantinescu Spain/Romania 2008 75 min. Director: Julio Soto & Stefan Constantinescu Production Company: Hi Film Productions Address: Gran Via 1, 5 Planta, 28013 Madrid, Spain Tel./ Fax: (+34) 677.683.347 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.hifilm.ro	STEFAN CONSTANTINESCU Visual artist and film director. Represented Romania together with Andrea Faciu and Ciprian Muresan at The Venice Biennale. Artist vizual şi regizor. Împreună cu Andrea Faciu şi Ciprian Mureşan a reprezentat România la Bienalele de la Veneţia. JULIO SOTO Author of films broadcast on National Geographic Channel, Channel 4, MDR Germany, SVT Sweden, TVE Spain, History Channel, Aljazeera and Planète. Filme difuzate pe canale TV precum: National Geographic Channel, Channel 4 UK, MDR Germany, SVT Sweden, TVE Spain, History Channel, Aljazeera şi Planète.
	Filmography / Filmografie
	2009 - Troleibuzul 92 2005 - Passagen 2003 - Dacia 1300, My Generation 2002 - The Baron (based on a concept by Cristi Puiu)
	Awards / Premii
	Premio especial del Público, Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival, Spain (2007) Best Film, Best Documentary, Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York (2006) Audience Award Documenta Madrid, Spain (2006) Best Documentary and Best Cinematography, ECU European Independent Film Festival, Paris Excellency Award, GFFS International Film Festival, Seoul

Synopsis / Sinopsis

My Beautiful Dacia is a light hearted and humoristic portrayal of the evolution of Romania from Communism to Capitalism, seen through the eyes of its most emblematic symbol, the Dacia automobile. In our film, we will follow different generations of Romanians - from the old nostalgic to the young entrepreneurs - showing the present transformation of Romanian society. The connecting point between the different stories is always the Dacia car: first, a symbol of the ambitions of Communist technology and now a reflection of the new global economy. In 1999, Dacia was bought by Renault and nowadays it’s a best-selling car in developing markets.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Monday 26 - Hall B - 16h45 / Luni 26 - Sala B - 16h45
Tuesday 27 - Hall B - 13h30 / Marti 27 - Sala B - 13h30

Films in Europa Competition / Filme in Competitie - Romania
APOCALYPSE ON WHEELS , Alexandru Solomon, Romania
AM I LUCKY? , Tudor Giurgiu & Oana Giurgiu, Romania
BIRDS' WAY , Klara Trencsenyi, Romania
CHILDREN OF URANIUM , Adina Popescu & Iulian Ghervas, Romania
CONSTANTIN AND ELENA , Andrei Dăscălescu, Romania
FUNNY SISTERS , Bjorn Reinhardt, Romania
MONDAY , Marian Crişan, Romania
MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA , Julio Soto, Stefan Constantinescu, Spain/Romania
TODAY I WAS YOUNG AND PRETTY , Alexandra Gulea, Romania
TWO OR THREE THINGS ABOUT ACTIVISM , Joanne Richardson, Romania
WE WEREN'T PEOPLE WE WERE NUMBERS… AUSCHWITZ , Mia Telman, 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

ASTRA FILM manages an extensive documentary film collection with public screening facilities. The ASTRA FILM archive started in 1990, and it has collected since thousands of documentaries produced in over 70 countries.

Due to our focus on the Eastern European and Romanian production, the ASTRA FILM archive holds a unique collection of documentaries documenting the issues of post-communism and transition in the region.