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Romanian film The Windseeker, directed by Mihai Sofronea, starring Dan Bordeianu, has won the FIPRESCI award at the Sofia International Film Festival 2022.
According to a press release, during a ceremony that took place on March 19 at the National Culture Palace in Bulgaria's capital, that marked the 26th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival, Romanian film The Windseeker won the FIPRESCI award for the "craftsmanship of reflecting human existence and for the way in which cinema language is used in order to reveal the beauty of nature and day-to-day life".
"This award is an honor. It is a joy to see that the reaction of the Bulgarian audience was just as excited as the Romanian halls where we presented the film. Thank you, SIFF!" said director Mihai Sofronea, who got up on stage to collect his award.
The movie tells the tale of a young man who takes refuge far away from the city, just as his life appears to end, only to discover new reasons to live. Olimpia Melinte and Adrian Titieni are also part of the cast. The writing and directing belong to Mihai Sofronea.
"The starting point of this movie is extremely personal, an interrogation of a thin line that separates life from death, being from non-being. What are we doing with the time that we have left? ? How do we live, what sort of values are we adopting, how do we turn every day into a little piece of life itself? Radu chooses to flee from death, just as he fled from life, lived in a constant inertia until then. He crosses the country at the wheel of his car until exhaustion, both material as well as spiritual. Reaching the village of uncle Pavel, much like a land of "transition", waiting for death transforms in forgetting it. And forgetting death is at the base of the awareness of joy of living on one more day. This discovery, or better yet, rediscovery, will be redemptive and healing," director Mihai Sofronea says about the movie.
The Windseeker is produced by Libra Film (Romania), Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria) and Living Pictures (Serbia). The movie is made with the support of the National Center of Cinematography and and the Creative Europe programme - MEDIA of European Union, Agerpres informs.
