Nae Caranfil
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Nae Caranfil (ˈna.e karanˈfil; also Nicolae Caranfil) (born 1960, Bucharest
) is a Romania
n film director
and screenwriter
.
(UNATC) in Bucharest, where he has also taught as a professor.
In the beginning of his career he directed only short films: Venice in September (1983), Thirty Years of Insomnia (1984) and Backstage (1988). Caranfil made his feature film
debut with E Pericoloso Sporgersi (1993) and continued with road movie
comedy
Asfalt tango starring Charlotte Rampling
(1996) and with Dolce far niente (1998). His movie Filantropica
(2002) was a critical success and attracted lots of popularity for Caranfil. Some consider Nae Caranfil to be the best Romanian director of the 1990s. Nae Caranfil wrote the screenplay
for all his movies and worked on the music for the first two of them (E Pericoloso Sporgersi and Asfalt-tango).
In 2011, Caranfil began production on the English-language feature film Closer to the Moon. An early version of the script entitled Alice în Ţara Tovarăşilor (Alice in the Land of Comrades) won a grant of 576,600 euro from the National Centre of Cinema in 2007. The story is based on the 1959 bank robbery in Communist Romania for which a group known as the Ioanid Gang
were convicted and sentenced to death. As they awaited execution, the prisoners were forced to film a reenactment of their crime. Closer to the Moon stars Mark Strong
, Vera Farmiga
, Harry Lloyd
, Joe Armstrong
, Christian McKay
, Tim Plester
, Anton Lesser
and Allan Corduner
. Filming took place in Bucharest in the autumn of 2011, and a 2012 release is planned.
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
) is a Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
Career
Nae Caranfil is the son of important Romanian film historian and critic Tudor Caranfil. He graduated in 1984 from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and CinematographyCaragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography
The Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1954....
(UNATC) in Bucharest, where he has also taught as a professor.
In the beginning of his career he directed only short films: Venice in September (1983), Thirty Years of Insomnia (1984) and Backstage (1988). Caranfil made his feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
debut with E Pericoloso Sporgersi (1993) and continued with road movie
Road movie
A road movie is a film genre in which the main character or characters leave home to travel from place to place. They usually leave home to escape their current lives.-History:...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
Asfalt tango starring Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :...
(1996) and with Dolce far niente (1998). His movie Filantropica
Filantropica
Filantropica is a 2002 Romanian dark comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil.-Cast:* Mircea Diaconu as Ovidiu Gorea* Gheorghe Dinică as Pavel Puiuţ...
(2002) was a critical success and attracted lots of popularity for Caranfil. Some consider Nae Caranfil to be the best Romanian director of the 1990s. Nae Caranfil wrote the screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
for all his movies and worked on the music for the first two of them (E Pericoloso Sporgersi and Asfalt-tango).
In 2011, Caranfil began production on the English-language feature film Closer to the Moon. An early version of the script entitled Alice în Ţara Tovarăşilor (Alice in the Land of Comrades) won a grant of 576,600 euro from the National Centre of Cinema in 2007. The story is based on the 1959 bank robbery in Communist Romania for which a group known as the Ioanid Gang
Ioanid Gang
The Ioanid Gang was a group in Communist Romania named after two of its members, Alexandru and Paul Ioanid. On July 28, 1959, they allegedly carried out the most famous bank robbery ever to have occurred inside a Communist state.-Timeline:...
were convicted and sentenced to death. As they awaited execution, the prisoners were forced to film a reenactment of their crime. Closer to the Moon stars Mark Strong
Mark Strong
Mark Strong is an English actor, with a body of work in both films and television. He has performed in films as varied as Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla, Stardust, and Kick-Ass...
, Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmiga is an American actress and director. Farmiga made her film debut in the 1998 drama thriller Return to Paradise. This was followed by supporting roles in the 2000 romantic film Autumn in New York and the 2001 television series UC: Undercover...
, Harry Lloyd
Harry Lloyd
Harry Lloyd is an English actor. He played Will Scarlet in the first two seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood which began in 2006...
, Joe Armstrong
Joe Armstrong (actor)
Joe Armstrong is an English actor. He played Allan A Dale in the BBC series Robin Hood. He plays Hotspur in the forthcoming BBC production of Henry IV, Part 1 and he will appear in the film Closer to the Moon by Nae Caranfil...
, Christian McKay
Christian McKay
-Early life:McKay was born in Bury, Lancashire. His mother is a hairdresser and his father is a railway worker. He studied piano as a youth, and had performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 at age 21...
, Tim Plester
Tim Plester
Tim Plester is a British playwright and actor who lives and works in London.Plester graduated in 1994 with a BA in theatre at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, and went on to obtain an MA in playwriting studies from Birmingham University in 1997...
, Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He attended Moseley Grammar School and the University of Liverpool before going to RADA in 1977 where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year....
and Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner is an English actor.-Early life:Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in North London with his mother, father and a younger brother. His mother had escaped to England from Nazi Germany with her family in 1938...
. Filming took place in Bucharest in the autumn of 2011, and a 2012 release is planned.
Awards
- 2009 Gopo Award for The Rest Is Silence
- 2003 Würzburg International Filmweekend - Audience Award for FilantropicaFilantropicaFilantropica is a 2002 Romanian dark comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil.-Cast:* Mircea Diaconu as Ovidiu Gorea* Gheorghe Dinică as Pavel Puiuţ...
- 2002 Mons International Festival of Love Films - Young European Jury Award for Filantropica
- 2002 Paris Film Festival - Public Prize for Filantropica
- 2002 Wiesbaden goEast - Special Jury Award for Filantropica
- 1998 Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film - Golden Bayard Award for Best Screenplay for Dolce far niente
- 1993 Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival - Critics Award for E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Filmography as director
- 2012 Closer to the Moon
- 2007 The Rest Is Silence
- 2002 FilantropicaFilantropicaFilantropica is a 2002 Romanian dark comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil.-Cast:* Mircea Diaconu as Ovidiu Gorea* Gheorghe Dinică as Pavel Puiuţ...
- 1998 Dolce far niente
- 1996 Asfalt Tango
- 1993 È pericoloso sporgersi