March 14th–20th, 2016 / Cinema Muzeul Țăranului, Cinema Elvire Popesco, Universitatea Națională de Muzică / the 6th edition

PERFECTION IS FOREVER

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Directed by: 
MARA TRIFU
18'
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 18:00
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului - Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 15:00
Written by: 
Mara Trifu
Cast: 
Christopher Lloyd Dennis, Monaliza Doomsday
Cinematography: 
Mara Trifu
Editing: 
Jojo Erholtz
Sound: 
Dayo James
Music: 
Terence Dunn
Producer: 
Mara Trifu
Romanian Premiere
Under the balmy skies of the American Dream, Romanian filmmaker Mara Trifu reaches for the stars in Perfection Is Forever, an acutely observant allegory for our endless search for beauty and wholeness. Within Los Angeles’ culture of glamour and ralter-egos, we’re guided by two crusaders of the ideal: a Superman impersonator and drag-queen Monaliza Doomsday. Captured in their environment on the periphery of downtown’s hustle-and-bustle, they take us through their rituals of beautification as breasts are tucked, make-up is applied and the all-important hair products produce the Superman curl. Out in the open, society calls ‘action’ and the role-playing performance begins. Trifu’s trademark approach of lensing documentary through the magical gives a poignant touch to the film’s closing message: there is, indeed, a Superman in all of us. (Andrei Tănăsescu, BIEFF)
Director: 

Mara Trifu

Mara Trifu is a Romanian freelance documentary director and camera operator. She graduated from the National University of Drama and Film I. L. Caragiale Bucharest in 2011. She completed her MA at the National Film and Television School in the UK. Her award-winning short films have been screened at numerous film festivals, including Semaine de la Critique - Cannes, IDFA, Transylvania IFF, Circuito Off, Timishort IFF Romania. She participated in numerous international film workshops, like Sarajevo Talent Campus, Aristoteles Workshop, Berlinale Talent Campus, Docstories Black Sea and Docs in Thessaloniki. Her filmography includes When Mountains and Animals Will Speak (2014), The Bridge (2013), The Japanese Quince Tree (2012) and You Can’t Hide Love from Gypsies (2011).

Contact: 
aramraa[at]gmail[dot]com
Festivals, awards: 
  • ​Chicago International Film Festival 2015
  • Sheffield International Film Festival 2015
  • Greenhorn Short Film Festival 2015
  • Frontline Club London 2016
Statement-ul regizorului:
A tree is what it is, complete in its own being. Human beings, on the other hand, always aspire to become something more, doing their best to hold back time in pursuit of eternal love, youth and beauty. In Hollywood, two lost souls seek to become heroes under the shade of a lonely palm tree. (Mara Trifu)