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THE SPRUCE FOREST

Tudor Giurgiu
RO, 2025, 75 Min

In April 1941, villagers from Bukovina sought freedom across the border in Romania—and were mowed down by Soviet bullets. THE SPRUCE FOREST recalls this repressed massacre through eyewitness accounts, archival material, and reenactments.

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Performance

2025-11-05 | 10:15
Weltspiegel Saal 3
2025-11-06 | 18:45
Weltspiegel Saal 2

Text: Simran Kashyap

 

Wed 05.11. I 10:15 I WELTSPIEGEL SAAL 3 I original version with English and German subtitles

Thu 06.11. I 18:45 I WELTSPIEGEL SAAL 2 I original version with English and German subtitles

Drehbuch
Gabriel Gheorghe, Tudor Giurgiu
Kamera
Toma Velio, Marius Panduru
Ton
Florin Tăbăcaru
Schnitt
Alex Pintică
Musik
Stefan Panea, Florin Gorgos
Darsteller
Coca Bloos, Mircea Andreescu, Ionuț Caras
Produzent
Tudor Giurgiu
Produktion
Libra Films
Co-Produktion
OWH Studio
Tudor Giurgiu

Tudor Giurgiu - Tudor Giurgiu is a member of the European Film Academy and the founder and president of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). His feature‐length debut, Legături bolnăvicioase, was selected for the Panorama section of the 2006 Berlinale and went on to win awards at several international festivals. His 2011 short film Superman, Spiderman sau Batman earned the Best European Short award at the 2012 European Film Academy Awards.

Giurgiu’s second feature, Despre oameni și melci, was honored at both the Warsaw International Film Festival and the Valladolid International Film Festival. De ce eu?, a gripping legal thriller based on a real‐life corruption case in contemporary Romania, premiered at the 2015 Berlinale. His film Libertate, inspired by true events during the Romanian Revolution, won prizes at Sarajevo and Arras and took home Best Film at the Gopo Awards. Most recently, Nasty (2024)—the story of tennis legend Ilie Năstase’s life and career—had its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

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