Romanian filmmaker Cosmin Nicolae’s “Pyrrhic,” a feature debut about an army veteran sent into a downward spiral after returning home from Afghanistan, took home the top prize Friday at the Transil…
Romanian filmmaker Cosmin Nicolae’s “Pyrrhic,” a feature debut about an army veteran sent into a downward spiral after returning home from Afghanistan, took home the top prize Friday at the Transilvania Pitch Stop, the co-production forum of the. The Chainsaw Europe Post-Production Award comes with €25,000 in post-production services for the winning project.
“It’s a very character-driven, observational drama. It’s inspired by a host of characters that I’ve been researching — it’s real people and real experiences,” Nicolae toldafter the award ceremony. “I’m interested in marginalized characters and liminal spaces, and the way people reflect their surroundings and vice versa.”
“Researching their experience, many people abroad had no idea that Romania has soldiers in peacekeeper missions abroad, so it was important for us to take these stories and make them a little bit more visible,” he added. “Pyrrhic” was also the winner of the CoCo Award for a Romanian or Moldovan project in development, which includes a five-day residency offered by the Connecting Cottbus Co-Production Market.
The UPFAR-ARGOA Award in the amount of €3,000 went to “Second Line,” from Ukrainian director-producer Olga Stuga. Unfolding after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, the film follows the filmmaker’s family as they scatter across Europe, forcing them to make impossible choices between a safe life and their duty before both society and themselves.
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