WILD EAST,
ROMANIA
Director's Biography:
Iuliana
Constantinescu is a 25-year old Romanian student from the National University
of Drama and Film I.L. Carnegie in Bucharest. She has a degree in Film Direction
and currently pursues a Ph.D. in Cinematography. She previously directed three
short films entitled Helplessness, Everything and Stones to Sell. She also made
a documentary entitled Military Record, which won the award for Best Documentary
in the Cinemaiubit International Film Festival (Bucharest) and made the international
selection in the Munich Film Festival.
Director's
Experience:
The shooting
period was a tough experience. With the freezing weather, the actors had to
get wet for the river scene and stayed in this condition until the end of the
shooting day, seriously threatening their health. We depended so much on the
weather as we were shooting outdoors, and nature disappointed us by giving us
a thick fog when we needed a clear sky and giving us rain when we needed a thick
fog. Looking back, it seems quite funny but at that moment it was not funny
at all, especially when the cold temperature was almost unbearable, making the
working atmosphere tense. However, with the feeling that we are making a good
film, the cast and the crew were kept together. Working as a team, getting to
know and respecting each other made us surpass the most difficult moments.