On Their Own
Date:
January 9, 2023
On their Own
On Their Own
by Tudor Jurgiu
Indyca | Italy
Libra Films | Romania
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Logline
Growing up in Bucharest without her parents who went to work in Italy, Flavia has become a cold, hard girl. The routine she has created with other peers allows her to maintain a kind of emotional distance from what happens to her. But her balance is broken when two young boys on the run from their parents take refuge with her.
Synopsis
Growing up in Bucharest without her parents who went to work in Italy, Flavia built a routine she with other peers, that allows her to maintain a kind of emotional distance from what happens to her. The relationship with her parents is exclusively via video call: their voices distorted, their faces pixels, sometimes more sometimes less. A presence that is more like an absence.
His daily routine is composed of moments when he seems to claim his autonomy, to others when he often awkwardly and clumsily seeks the presence of adults.
But the balance of this cold, hard girl is broken when two young boys on the run from their parents take refuge with her.
Director’s Profile
Born in Medias, Romania in 1984. Started studying film directing in 2006 at the National University of Drama and Film in Bucharest and graduated in the summer of 2010. He then studied an MA in the same institution and is now about to finish his PhD diploma. He has also been teaching scriptwriting and directing at UNATC for the past 6 years. During school he has directed three short films and a documentary. „Oli’s Wedding”, his third short film won a couple of awards such as: Best Fiction Short – Leeds IFF UK, Best short film – Anonimul IFF Romania, Best Romanian film – Next IFF Romania.
His MA short film “In the fishbowl” was awarded third prize in the Cinefondation competition of the 2013 Festival de Cannes. It went on to win Best Short in Zagreb FF and was in competition in Uppsala FF and TelAviv student FF, among others.
“The Japanese Dog” is his feature debut, after a script by Ioan Antoci, awarded Krzysztof Kieslowski prize in Cannes 2009, by ScripEast Association (Poland), at the end of their scriptwriting training. The film premiered in New Directors competition of San Sebastian FF (2013). It also won the Best Film Award in Vilnius IFF and Best Film in the 1-2 Directors Competition award in Warsaw IFF. It was in competition in New Directors New Films, New York, USA, March 2014, in Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, October 2014 and many others.
His second feature, developed through Torino Film Lab Framework, is called “They May Still Be Alive Today“. It was a co-production between Romania and Greece and had premiered in the Romanian cinemas in August 2020.
Company Profile
INDYCA – Indyca is a production company established in 2007 in Turin, Italy, specialized in producing both groundbreaking documentaries and art house films with strong international appeal. Among its previous productions are the recent Tribeca Jury Award winning “SAMIA”, San Francisco Film Festival Audience Award winning “Cuban Dancer“, the SXSW Audience Award winning “We Are the Thousand” and other productions which premiered at important international festivals including Berlinale, Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, IDFA and HotDocs to name a few. Across the years, Indyca has gained a solid reputation as a coproducer of international films, partnering with countries all over the world and obtaining prestigious support from the likes of Eurimages, Ibermedia, and Creative Europe, along with other national and international funds.
LIBRA FILMS – Libra Films is an independent film/television production company founded in 2014 by Oana and Tudor Giurgiu. Libra Films took over the portfolio of projects produced by the same producers under the Libra Film Productions banner, which included such titles as “Katalin Varga” (2009), by Peter Strickland, winner of the Silver Bear (2009) and the “European Discovery of the Year” award at the EFA Awards, “The Japanese Dog,” by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (San Sebastian IFF 2013), “Why me? ”, by Tudor Giurgiu (Berlinale 2015), Stere Gulea’s “Moromete Family: On The Edge of Time,” a national box office hit in 2018, In 2024, he had the world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival of the documentary film NASTY directed by Tudur Giurgiu.