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Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 20:00
Written by:
Ana Maria Savin, Andrei Vâlcu, Irina Radu
Cast:
Ana-Maria Preduț, Tatiana Moise, Andrei Ion
Cinematography:
Andrei Vâlcu, Ana Maria Savin, Teodor Horea
Editing:
Andrei Vâlcu
Sound:
Andrei Vâlcu
Producer:
Ana Maria Savin
Production:
UNATC National University of Theatre and Film “I. L. Caragiale” Bucharest
World premiere
A home-movie shot throughout a weekend in the countryside, THIS TIME, LAST YEAR depicts an almost symbiotic friendship between two girls and what happens when a third person comes between them. The film becomes an audio-visual transposition of a diary page in which memories and feelings are connected in an elliptical way, capturing the irrationality inherent to love. With a raw aesthetic at the border between diary film and found footage, This Time, Last Year by Ana Maria Savin explores not only the ties of human attachment and its consequences, but also the implications of memory and its deceitful alterations.
Director:
ANA MARIA SAVIN is a 22 year old Romanian director based in Bucharest, graduate of The National Film and Theatre University, having studied Film & TV Directing. Apart from this, she is also interested in photography and documenting the life around her. Regarding film aesthetics, she explores the docu-ficton genre and prefers working with non-actors and using non-sophisticated equipment. During her three university years, she also worked and traveled in the USA, working as a maid in a famous resort from the States, using this as a pretext that turned into a photo documentation which will soon turn into an exhibition.
Contact:
anaa.savin[at]gmail[dot]com
Director's statement:
I’ve always shown a genuine interest towards friendship. To be more precise, towards friendship between girls. As I had no siblings, I fulfilled life’s requirement of having a best friend for life. Growing up with somebody the same age as yours, gives you a certain stability. For me, it was an escapist friendship. The way I interacted with my first best friend turned into a pattern of how I developed my future friendships. But for me, there was always this question coming up again and again. I know, from other people’s experiences that friendships sometimes don’t last forever. I grew up with this fear. I always pictured my first best friend being one of the few people I would still keep in contact with in my 60’s. And I kept telling myself that maybe if we were blood related, this wouldn’t have been part of my fears, because in my ideal picture, siblings always stick to each other, no matter what. So, how does a lifelong friendship develop? How will it be when one of them will have a boyfriend and the other one won’t? How will they manage to stick together? Will they be jealous? Is this going to tear the friendship apart? If one of them has different views on life, will the other one be able to accept this fact? Can true friendship ever be thicker than blood? (Ana Maria Savin)
I’ve always shown a genuine interest towards friendship. To be more precise, towards friendship between girls. As I had no siblings, I fulfilled life’s requirement of having a best friend for life. Growing up with somebody the same age as yours, gives you a certain stability. For me, it was an escapist friendship. The way I interacted with my first best friend turned into a pattern of how I developed my future friendships. But for me, there was always this question coming up again and again. I know, from other people’s experiences that friendships sometimes don’t last forever. I grew up with this fear. I always pictured my first best friend being one of the few people I would still keep in contact with in my 60’s. And I kept telling myself that maybe if we were blood related, this wouldn’t have been part of my fears, because in my ideal picture, siblings always stick to each other, no matter what. So, how does a lifelong friendship develop? How will it be when one of them will have a boyfriend and the other one won’t? How will they manage to stick together? Will they be jealous? Is this going to tear the friendship apart? If one of them has different views on life, will the other one be able to accept this fact? Can true friendship ever be thicker than blood? (Ana Maria Savin)