Ionuț Mareș - Films in Frame

Ionuț Mareș

Journalist and film critic. Curator for some film festivals in Romania. At "Films in Frame" publishes interviews with both young and established filmmakers.

A tremendous change in access to classic films. An interview with film historian Kristin Thompson

„Joker: Folie à Deux”. It’s Showtime!

TWST – Things We Said Today. Nostalgia of The 60s

“The New Year That Never Came” – The Collapse

Stere Gulea: The “Moromeții” trilogy gives me the feeling of a fulfilled duty

Agnieszka Holland: “In times like these, if cinema turns its back on political issues, it becomes unimportant”

Horia – The Dreamers

Ira Sachs: “The industry of American independent filmmakers in which I started has disappeared”

Oscar nominee Jonathan Glazer: “The Zone of Interest” tries to look at our similarity to the criminal, not the victim

Sandra Hüller, Oscar nominee for best actress: “Every role choice is political”

Béla Tarr no longer believes that cinema can change the world

Martin Scorsese’s Journey: ”My whole life has been movies and religion. That’s it. Nothing else”

Timothy Spall: “Imagination is the biggest tool an actor has”

Radu Jude: “I’ve become more and more interested in the aesthetics of an unfinished product”

Pedro Costa: “Superhero movies are fascist”

Classical cinema in Venice

“Poor Things”. A daredevil sweetened by showmanship

Veneţia 2023. “Green Border” – The Tragedies Are Here

Venice Film Festival. Priscilla = Empowerment

Teona Galgotiu: “When I make a film, I always think about the social or political dimension it carries”

Želimir Žilnik, a filmmaker and demystifier

Andrei Tănase: “I like it when drama is deflated by the absurd”

ARTE, a way of bringing together the European cultural conscience

Magda Mihăilescu: “The Critic – neither mummy, nor sentinel”

Timişoara, European Capital of Culture: Former cinemas are reopening as modern multifunctional spaces

Dana Bunescu: “You make films out of need, because you feel this ache inside you, not because it’s cool”

New programming at the Elvire Popesco Cinema – Hosting festivals, newly released films and fresh initiatives

“Holy Spider”. Virtuosity and sensationalism

Roxana Stroe: “I see cinema as a means of escapism”

Abbas Fahdel: “For me, cinema and life are not two separate things”

Miruna Minculescu: “I feel the need to tell stories about women”

Venice ‘79: Beyond the glamour

“Saint Omer” and “No Bears”: Reality vs. Art

“To the North” and “Ordinary Failures”. Two Romanian films in Venice

Mihai Dragolea: “Cinema gives you an infusion of life, it makes you more complex”

“Snowing Darkness”. Suffering

Alexandru Solomon: “I care very much about the relationship with the public”

Anamaria Vartolomei: “I love the beauty of performing. It fills me with adrenaline”

Alexandru Belc: “I get my ideas when I sit down at my desk and start digging”

Oana Giurgiu: I hate this approach “it’s not how you do things”

“The Man and His Shadow”. The Wind of Change

Dragoş Hanciu: “What I like about documentary film is that things happen anyway and it’s up to you to capture and shape them”

Adrian Titieni: “A character doesn’t replace your identity, it complements it”

Ana Dumitraşcu: “Through acting, I always discover new things about myself”

Radu Muntean: “It’s important to be honest with yourself and not make films just for the sake of it”

Marina Palii: “Acting is a form of freedom”

“Lebensdorf”. Prudent

Cristina Groşan: “I don’t want to make films just for myself”

Sebastian Mihăilescu: “Making films helps me live in the present moment, otherwise, I would go insane”

Alina Grigore: I would have made “Blue Moon” no matter what

Victor Rebengiuc, an exemplar of long-haul professionalism

Turning a teenage trauma into a Venice-winning debut

“Wild Romania”. Spectacular, yet harmless

Eugen Jebeleanu: “We need to shake the audiences up through stories they haven’t had access to before”

Conrad Mericoffer: “I have several inner worlds and if I don’t express myself, I’m overcome with anxiety”

Carla Fotea: “Film production comes to ego, resource and time management”

When passion, determination and talent get you to Cannes. An interview with Ana-Maria Gheorghe and Andrei Epure

Ana Radu: “Acting makes me feel safe. It gives me courage and freedom”

Alexandru Ion: ”If you’re concerned with what others may think of you, you’re on a slippery slope”

Alma Buhagiar: “I want my films to have therapeutical value”

Valentina Iusuphodjaev, the director of Moldova Film Center: “There is need for a film community”

Cecilia Felméri: “I like making films because I have to be prepared one hundred percent – both emotionally and intellectually”

Ioana Grigore: “The documentary film writes itself in editing”

Stefan Azaharioaie, sound designer: “Paying special attention to sounds is extremely important”

Olga Lucovnicova, a Golden Bear-winning director: “I wish a New Moldovian Wave would emerge as well”

Alina Manolache: “I like to believe that my work could stand as some kind of archive in the future”

Silvana Mihai: “The camera is my partner, always on my side”

Bogdan Jitea: “The Romanian National Cinema Epic has created a distorted image of our national history, which has been perpetuated long after 1989”

Tudor Panduru: „Being a cinematographer helps me get answers to some questions”

Anda Ionescu: “As a producer, I like to work on films that explore my own pursuits, as well”

Andra Tarara: “It’s emotional expensive to make documentaries about relationships in your own family”

Andrei Rautu: “As an artist, I think it’s essential to do your best not to fall apart”

Ioana Bugarin: “Acting helps me understand myself”

Paul Muresan: “Making animation entails spending a lot of time just with yourself, and you need to make it through this hell”

Alex Traila: „Romanian cinema has an image problem”

Alexandra Alma Ungureanu: “In creating the costumes for a film, anchoring the character in its environment is essential”

Alina Serban: “I’m looking for a chance to receive the microphone and an equal place at the table”

Ruxandra Ghitescu: “I’m interested in that kind of film which makes me discover something about myself”

A different kind of TIFF

Ana-Maria Comanescu: “I’m fascinated by the escapism of cinema”