Waiting for August

Original Title: Waiting for August

88' | 2014 (Completed)

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Director:	Teodora Ana Mihai
Producer:	Antoine Vermeesch, Hanne Phlypo
Writer:	Teodora Ana Mihai

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Georgiana, a 15-year-old Romanian, must become head of the family when her mother is away earning a living in Italy.

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Shot in a direct, fly-on-the-wall style, the documentary Waiting for August explores the life of 15-year-old Georgiana Halmac who lives with her six siblings in a social housing block on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. While their mother is away earning a living in Italy, Georgiana is catapulted into the role of head of the family and finds her adolescence cut brutally short. The film was the winner of the Best International Feature Award at Toronto's Hot Docs in 2014.
Tandis que leur mère est partie travailler en Italie pour subvenir à leurs besoins, Georgiana, quinze ans, s'occupe de ses six frères et sœurs dans la banlieue de Bacau en Roumanie. Inspirée par sa propre douleur quant à une séparation similaire, la cinéaste brosse un portrait nuancé et tendre de ces enfants aussi courageux que forcément fragilisés par cette situation, en attendant l'été.
Georgiana Halmac wordt deze winter 15. Ze woont met haar zes broers en zusjes in een sociale woning in het Roemeense Bacau. Haar moeder Liliana werkt in Turijn en keert niet terug voor de zomer, waardoor Georgiana verplicht is om tijdelijk als gezinshoofd te fungeren. Die verantwoordelijkheid beëindigt haar puberteit. Georgiana zit gevangen tussen haar eigen adolescentie en al wat er van haar wordt verwacht. Ze improviseert, met de de telefoongesprekken met haar moeder als enige, vage richtlijn.
Intieme scènes uit het dagelijks leven van Georgiana en haar broers en zussen tonen ons hoe de kinderen de realiteit te lijf gaan, met hun verbeeldingskracht en ervaring. Maar hoe fris en verrassend hun vindingrijkheid ook is, het evenwicht blijkt bij wijlen erg fragiel.

Credits

Director
Teodora Ana Mihai
Producer
Antoine Vermeesch, Hanne Phlypo
Writer
Teodora Ana Mihai
Editing
Michèle Hubinon
Photography
Joachim Philippe
Sound
Felix Blume, Bruno Schweissgut
Music
Karim Baggili & Ada Milea

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2014
Production status
Completed
Original title
Waiting for August
Original language
Romanian

Technical specs

Running time
88'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
2.40:1
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Clin d'oeil films (Brussel)

Engelandstraat 53
1060 Brussel
Belgium

info@clindoeilfilms.be

www.clindoeilfilms.be

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Distribution
- Russia: Stream TV (TV)
- Estland: ERR (TV)

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2014: Vision Du Réel (CH), Hot Docs (CA), Moscow International Film Festival (RU), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (CZ), Lemesos International Documentary Film Festival (CY), Dokufest Kosovo (XK), IDFA International Documentary Film Festival (NL), Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (GE), DMZ International Korean Filmfestival (KR), Calgary International Film Festival (CA), Budapest International Documentary Festival (HU), Bergen International Film Festival (NO), Camden International Film Festival (US), Reykjavik International Film Festival (IS), Vancouver International Film Festival (CA), Astra Film Festival (RO), Valdivia International Film Festival (CL), BFI London Film Festival (UK), Hot Springs Documentary Filmfestival (US), Antenna Documentary Festival (AU), Mostra São Paolo (BR), Ânûû-rû Âboro - Festival International du Cinéma des Peuples (NC), Zagreb Film Festival (HR), Film Fest Gent (BE), Inconvenient Film Vilnius (LT), Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival (IE), Bozeman Doc Series (US), Cork Film Festival (IE), International Film Festival Listapad (BY), Zinebi - Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival (ES), Jerusalem Anthropological Film Festival (IL), Le mois du film documentaire (FR), Enfances dans le monde - Festival de films documentaires à Paris (FR), Regent Park Film Festival (CA), Malatya International Film Festival (TR), Torino Film Festival (IT), Singapore International Film Festival (SG), Porto/Post/Doc Film & Media Festival (PT), International Film Festival This Human World (CH), Mirrors Of Romania Laak-NL (RO)

Awards

2014: Regard Neuf Special Mention - Vision Du Réel (CH), Best International Documentary Award - Hot Docs (CA), Best Long Documentary Award - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (CZ), Best Documentary, section 'Let them be children' - Budapest International Documentary Festival (HU), Best International Documentary - Bergen International Film Festival (NO), Best Romanian Documentary - Astra Film Festival (RO), Best International Documentary - Valdivia International Film Festival (CL), SBS Award for Best International Documentary - Antenna Documentary Festival (AU)

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Delaware

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Waiting for August

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Credits

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Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Sound

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Category

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Year of production

Production status

Original title

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

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Aspect ratio

Sound format

Colour