Romanian Film Festival Presents: Libertate, a screening and Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu
Overview
We are pleased to announce the screening of the movie Libertate and an opportunity to meet its director, Tudor Giurgiu.
Libertate sets place during Romania's 1989 revolution, the city of Sibiu witnesses a violent attack on a police station that spirals into armed clashes between soldiers, police, protesters and secret police. Director Tudor Giurgiu' Libertate has swept up the 18th Gopo Awards, which celebrates the best of the Romanian film industry. Libertate won a total of 10 awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor, and tied for Best Screenplay with Radu Jude's Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World.
The event will take place on Thursday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at the August Coppola Theatre at San Francisco State University. The reception starts at 6 p.m. and the screen starts at 7 p.m. There will also be a Q&A session with director Tudor Giurgiu and Steve Kovacs, Professor Emeritus of the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University.
RSVP ASAP, because the space is limited, and the seats will be allocated on the first come first serve basis. You can RSVP at lauratoma@gmail.com or go to the Romanian American Business Network Silicon Valley meetup page and RSVP there. This is a free event, but in order to cover some of the screening costs, donations are encouraged. We hope to see you there!
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The event was made possible with the generous support of: The Department of Cinema at San Francisco State University, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York / ICR New York, the Romanian Film Festival at Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State, and Casa Romana, the non-profit organization of Romanians in Silicon Valley.
