DESPRE IMPOSIBILITATEA UNUI OMAGIU
ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF AN HOMAGE

film type documentary film Production Country Germany, Romania production year 2024 runtime 19'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.66:1 sound format Dolby A original-language Romanian subtitles English

With a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ioan used to be a rockstar of ballet in communist Romania. When we first discussed creating his portrait, Ioan was initially thrilled. He had been dreaming that someday there would be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process, Ioan finds it hard to let go.

director Xandra Popescu Production Ada Solomon, Jonas Dornbach Editing Ana Branea, Catalin Cristutiu DOP Pedro Bordaberry Sound Design Florentin Tudor Script Xandra Popescu
Festivals
2024 Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
2024 Concorto Film Festival, Piacenza, Italy
Production
  • Micro Film
  • Ada Solomon
  • https://www.microfilm.eu/
Sales
  • Micro Film
  • Ilinca Belciu
  • https://www.microfilm.eu/
Distribution
  • Micro Film
  • Ilinca Belciu
  • https://www.microfilm.eu/

Xandra Popescu

Xandra Popescu is a writer and filmmaker who studied political science and dramatic writing. Between 2010 and 2019 she worked as a film and theater curator and writer. Between 2011 and 2013 she collaborated with the director Ștefan Constantinescu on the screenplays for FAMILY DINNER and SIX BIG FISH.

Filmography
2022 Un doi Perfect
2023 Sentimental Stories
2024 DESPRE IMPOSIBILITATEA UNUI OMAGIU
2025 EROGENESIS