Official Selection of DocumFest, International Documentary Film Festival, 1^st Edition - 2008

On the festival organizers' address a number of 183 films have been sent, from 30 countries.

The pre-selection Jury was formed of Cornel Ungureanu, PhD, Claudiu Arieşan, PhD, and Gheorghe Sabău.

The films have been categorized for Creative Documentary and TV Documentary according to their authors' option. When they did not express their option, it was the Jury who made the decision. The Jury also nominated the films for the following prizes: Intercultural Dialogue and Best Documentary for Childre.

The International Jury will be free to operate some changes, if necessary.

We look forward to your coming to Timişoara!

 

Creative Documentary

A mother from the Kingdom of Shadows / O mamă din împărăţia umbrelor,
director Violeta Gorgos, 28 min., Moldova Republic, Romania, 2007

Adela and Agnetha, director Geo Scripcariu, 31 min., Romania, 2008 (student, nominee Intercultural Dialogue)

All the Children but one, director Andreas Bolm&Noëlle Pujol, 40 min., Germany, 2008 (nominee for Kids and Teens Issues)

Balkan's digest, director Ioan Cristian Piturescu, 27 min., Romania, 2008 (nominee Intercultural Dialogue)

Being Free / Vrij Zijn, director Mirko Dreiling, 28 min., Netherlands, 2007 (student)

Birth and Building / Građanje,  director Svetlana Paroški, 24 min., Serbia, 2006

Brâncuşi - the roots and the branches /Brâncuşi as raízes e os ramos, director Alexandre Martins& Nuno Miguel, 28 min., Portugal, 2008

Broken / Kir-I-Kkonaklar, director Kamil Mingu, Ozge Tigli, 4 min., Turkey, 2007 (student, nominee for Kids and Teens Issues)

Exile Family Movie, director Arash T. Riahi, 94 min., Austria 1994 - 2006

HaBiBa, director Mathieu Labaye, 12 min., Belgium, 2006 (nominee for Kids and Teens Issues)

Homeless Kids, director Roger Beeckmans, 52 min., Belgium, 2007 (nominee for Kids and Teens Issues)

Humoresque, director Diana Deleanu, 16 min, Romania, 2007

Migrators, director Ana-Maria Caia, 55 min., Romania 2008 (nominee Intercultural Dialogue)

Mociorniţa Building, director Tudor Chirilă, 33 min., Romania, 2008

Rule of Law, director Susanne Brandstätter, 99 min., Austria, 2006

Sisters of Lilith / Lilit'in Kizkardesleri, director Emel Celebi, 42 min., Turkey, 2007

Stella, director Vanina Vignal, 77 min., France, 2006

Sunday in Pripiat / Un dimanche á Pripiat, director Blandine Huk& Frederic Cousseau, 26 min., France, 2006

Testimony, director Răzvan Georgescu, 90 min., Romania-Germany-Finland, 2008

The Exit of School / La Sortie d'école, director Nicolas Gayraud, 13 min., France 2007 (nominee for Kids and Teens Issues)

The Pantry of Szekelyderzs, directorFazakas Szabolcs, 42 min., Romania, 2008

The Potter from Binis / Olarul din Biniş, director Cosmin Ţiglar, 27 min., Romania, 2006

The Steps / Koraci, director Vladimir Perović, 54 min., Montenegro, 2006

The story of a golden coin, director Cristiana Nicolae, 61 min., Canada, 2006 (nominee Intercultural Dialogue)

To make an example of / Ibret Olsun Diye,  director Necati Sonmez, 48 min., Turkey, 2007

Transylvanian Timber / Der Transsylvanische Holzfall,  director Georg Tiller, 42 min., Germany, 2007, (student)

Trumpets' Republic / Trubacka Republika, director Stefano Missio, 48 min., Italy, 2006

Viva Constanţa!, director Ambrus Emese, 43 min., Romania, 2006-2007 (nominee Intercultural Dialogue)

 

Television Documentary

Aliosha, director Meelis Muhu, 67 min., Estonia, 2008 (nominee Intercultural Dialogue)

Far away from here, director Kristina Konrad 29 min., Germany, 2008

Giuseppe Castiglione, painter of the quiet horses, director Joel Farges, 52 min., France, 2007

Himalaya, land of women / Himalaya, terre des femmes, director Marianne Chaud, 52 min., France, 2008 

Mark of a scalpel, director Adrian Bănuţa, 29 min., Romania,2006

Pédra. A reporter without borders / Pédra. Un reporter senza frontiere, director Villi Hermann, 61 min., Switzerland, 2006 

People of Romania, director Dan Curean, 21min., Romania,2006-2007

Railroad to nowhere / Bam,  director Jouni Hiltunen, 70 min., Estonia, 2008

The Camp, director Constantin Mărăscu, 26 min., Romania, 2007

The day Theo van Gogh was murdered / Der Tag als Theo van Gogh ermordet wurde, director Esther Schapira, Kamil Taylan, 56 min., Germany, 2008

The Hero and the Queen, director Raul Dudnic, 47 min., Canada, 2006

The Long March, director Tre Berney, 18 min., USA, 2008

The Nagy Imre, director Vig Emese, Alin Gelmărean, 52 min., Romania, 2006

The World's unseen Book, director Roxana Chiriţă, 52 min., Romania, 2006

Tracking the white reindeer / A la recherche du renne blanc, director Hamid Sardar, 52 min., France, 2008

9 days and 9 nights that quavered Raciula / 9zile şi 9 nopţi care au zguduit Răciula,  director Mircea Surdu, 52 min., Moldova Republic, 2008