PERSPECTIVE
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Synopsis:
Four short films by two young Romanian female directors, which offer viewers the opportunity to explore different perspectives on femininity, as well as reflections on life in the contemporary and past contexts.
In Everything Wonderful and Nobody Happy a young woman in search of a better and happier version of herself follows her list of New Year's resolutions, even when the universe seems to be against it.
Fish on a Ladder tells the animated story of a fish with legs climbing a ladder.
Empiric takes us back to 1986, when a young woman working in a textile factory has to find a way to cope with the anti-abortion decree without endangering her life.
States uprooted is an experimental film that presents a personal perspective on transitional rituals, identity and its perception.
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About director:
Ioana Păsărin
Ioana Păsărin is a young director from Bucharest. After earning bachelor's and master's degrees from two computer science universities, Ioana pursued her aspirations to become a film director, starting as a film photographer and moving up in the industry through roles as a script supervisor and editor.
Ioana Țurcan
Ioana is a filmmaker, interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer, with a formal education in cinematography (BA), documentary filmmaking (MA) at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, film production (MFA) at the College of Visual and Performing Arts in Syracuse, NY and Critical Images: Dignity and Representation at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (post-master's). Ioana's films have been presented in numerous international film festivals.