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Alexander Nanau
RO 2014 65' 93'
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Following his Emmy award-winning observational documentary THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ION B., Alexander Nanau brings us the astonishing family story of Toto (10), and his sisters, Ana (17) and Andreea (15). During their mother’s imprisonment, Toto passionately learns dancing, reading and writing, while his sisters try to keep the family together in a world that has long forgotten what the innocence of childhood should be. What happens when we discover that we can get more from life than our parents have to offer?
Director | Alexander Nanau |
Producers | Valeriu Nicolae, Catalin Mitulescu, Alexander Nanau, Marcian Lazar, Hanka Kastelicova (HBO) |
Executive Producers | Bianca Oana, Carmen Harabagiu, Antony Root |
Production Companies | Strada Film, HBO Europe |
Co-Production Company | Alexander Nanau Production |
Cinematography | Alexander Nanau |
Editor | Alexander Nanau, George Cragg, Mircea Olteanu |
Sound | Matthias Lempert, Florian Ardelean |
Best International Documentary | Zurich Film Festival 2014 |
Best Documentary | Warsaw Film Festival 2014 |
Silver Eye Award | East Silver Market, Jihlava 2014 |
Audience Award | Festival dei Popoli 2014 |
Honorable Mention Int. Competition | Dok Leipzig 2014 |
Prize of Ecumenical Jury | Dok Leipzig 2014 |
Prize of the Trade Union ver.di | Dok Leipzig 2014 |
Grand Prix | Premiers Plans Festival 2015 |
Objectif d'Or | Millenium International Film Festival 2015 |
Best Documentary | Gopo Award 2015 |
Grand Prize | Festival International du Film des Droits de l'Homme 2015 |
Prize from inmate jury of Fleury Merogis prison | Festival International du Film des Droits de l'Homme 2015 |
Prize from high school students jury | Festival International du Film des Droits de l'Homme 2015 |
SOS-Dokumentarfilmpreis | Dok.fest München 2015 |
Grand Jury Award | Open City Documentary Festival 2015 |
Audience Award | Festival des Etoiles de Najac 2015 |
Heart of Sarajevo Award | Sarajevo Film Festival 2015 |
Best Documentary | Vukovar Film Festival 2015 |
Special Jury Mention | Camden IFF 2015 |
Silver Nanuk for Discovery of New Subjects and New Heroes | Flahertiana IDFF 2015 |
Hotel Tiéti Award, Jury Special Award for the International Competition | Ânûû-rû Âboro Festival 2015 |
San Sebastian 2014 |
Zürich IFF 2014 |
Dok Leipzig 2014 |
Warsaw FF 2014 |
Stockholm IFF 2014 |
Festival de Popoli 2014 |
Festival Premiers Plans 2015 |
Tribeca FF 2015 |
Hot Docs 2015 |
Moscow IFF 2015 |
Yamagata IDF 2015 |
| Runtime | 65' 93' |
| Spoken Languages | Romanian |
| Production Countries | Romania |
Alexander Nanau: German film director born in Romania, he studied directing at the Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). His documentary film, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ION B was awarded in 2010 an International Emmy Award for Arts Programming. The film traveled in over 50 festivals worldwide. Nanau’s first feature documentary, PETER ZADEK INSZENIERT PEER GYNT (2006) was released in cinemas across Germany and Austria in 2006. His 2019 documentary COLLECTIVE was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film.
