Anishoara

Anishoara, a girl from a small village in Moldova, is on the verge of adulthood. An idyllic summer of first love, an autumn of strange encounters, a winter which sees her venture beyond the confines of her little world and a spring of heartbreak give her the push she needs to break out.

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"A clear-eyed, unsentimental, and very gently liberating homage to all the girls of times gone by and all the girls of times to come."
VARIETY

"Scutelnicu shows great mastery in taking the audience prisoner in her charming world."
CINEUROPA

Synopsis

Anishoara is a 15-year old girl from a small village in Moldova, situated in a picturesque valley between rolling hills. Alone with her old grandfather Petru and her little brother Andrei life is calm but archaic. In summer she and her friends make a trip to the melon harvest, where she feels for the first time the overwhelming sensation of first love. In autumn an old, strange German tourist comes to the village and interferes with her life for a brief moment. In winter Anishoara travels for the first time to the sea, with Dragosh, the young man she fell in love with. In spring she is longing for Dragosh, but he returns with a surprise. It is the last year of Anishoara’s childhood in this valley, before she takes off into her adult life.

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Director: Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
Genre: Drama
Original title: Anişoara
English title: Anishoara
Country of production: Germany, Moldova
Year of production: 2016
Length: 106 min
Screening format: DCP
Original language: Romanian
Subtitles: English, German

Cast: Ana Morari, Andrei Morari, Dragoş Scutelnicu, Petru Roşcovan, Veronica Cangea, Vasile Brînză, Willem Menne, Andrei Sochircă
Scriptwriter: Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
Director of photography: Cornelius Plache, Luciano Cervio, Maximilian Preiss
Editor: Hannah Schwegel
Sound design: Niklas Kammertöns
Music: Stephan Bruns, Manja Ebert, Stephan Franz
Producers: Jonas Weydemann & Jakob D. Weydemann
Production company: WEYDEMANN BROS.
Co-production company: DFFB - DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN GMBH & RBB - RUNDFUNK BERLIN-BRANDENBURG
Supported by: MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG

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Festivals / Awards

Filmfest München 2016 - World Premiere
San Sebastian IFF 2016 - International Premiere, New Directors Competition
Warsaw Film Festival, Poland
Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest, Romania
Minsk International Film Festival, Belarus
Noordelijk FF, Holland
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden, Germany - Made in Germany Award
Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia
Around the World in 14 Films Festival, Germany
Festival Premiers Plans D'Angers, France
Trieste Film Festival, Italy
Göteborg FF, Sweden
Vancouver International Women in Film Festival - Best Cinematography Award
Guadalajara IFF, Mexico
Febiofest, Czech Republic
Cleveland International Film Festival, USA - Eastern European Film Competition Award
International Film Festival of Uruguay
FAJR IFF, Iran
Crossing Europe, Austria
SEEFEST - South East European Film Festival, L.A., USA
Seattle IFF, USA
Al Este de Lima Film Festival, Peru
37th Cambridge Film Festival, UK
15th European Film Forum Scanorama, Lithuania
Moscow Premiere IFF, Russia - Best Female Role for Ana Morari