The New Year That Never Came

  • Bogdan Mureșanu
  • Romania, Serbia
  • 2024
  • 138'
  • Anul Nou care n-a fost

It’s 20 December 1989. Ceaușescu’s regime is on its last legs and the revolution is about to explode. A TV director must save the New Year’s Eve broadcast after the lead actress flees the country. Meanwhile, his student son plans to swim across the Danube and take refuge in Yugoslavia. He is being followed by an agent of the secret police, who is also trying to relocate his stubborn mother whose house about to be demolished. One of the movers is a factory worker, panicking because his son wrote to Santa that his dad wants Ceaușescu dead. All of their destinies will collide in a tragicomedy of explosive proportions. The film premiered in Venice, winning several awards, including Best Film in the Horizons program.

Bogdan Mureșanu

Bogdan Mureșanu (1974), is an award-winning Romanian writer and director. He is the author of animated, documentary and feature films and series and a member of the European Film Academy. His short film The Christmas Gift (2019), which served as the basis for his first feature, The New Year That Never Came, won the European Film Award and the Grand Prix in Clermont-Ferrand. It was followed by Sandals (2020), winner of a series of awards at world festivals, including the Young Jury Award in Clermont-Ferrand.

The New Year That Never Came

Director
Bogdan Mureșanu
Screenplay
Bogdan Mureșanu
Cast
Adrian Văncică, Nicoleta Hâncu, Emilia Dobrin, Iulian Postelnicu, Mihai Călin, Andrei Miercure
DOP
Boróka Biró, Tudor Platon
Editing
Vanja Kovačević, Mircea Lăcătuș
Producer
Bogdan Mureșanu, Viorel Chesaru, Ada Solomon, Vanja Kovačević
Production
Kinotopia, Romanian National Television, All Inclusive Films
Festivals & Awards
Venice Int'l Film Festival – Orizzonti Award for Best Film, FIPRESCI Award for Best Film from Orizzonti and and the International Film Critics’ Week, Special Mention for Best Cinematography

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